Sunday and Monday the winds were 20-30 gusting to 40. We raced with a reefed main and jib... as did almost everyone else. Carnage was: one mast, 3 whisker poles, 2 spinnakers, a spinnaker pole and a main.
Having never sailed in such winds, we got 2 4's and a 5th, which pretty much took care of the regatta for us. We did win one race and got a special award from the PRO, as shown in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRmd-x-qLgg&feature=youtu.be
For the novices, this is called "port tacking the fleet". :) It's not the preferred method to go it, but it worked this time!
Before we got to the windward mark, we were caught on the left side of the fleet when a persistent change to the right came in and we went from 1st to next to last in that race! We clawed our way back up to the middle by the end of the race.
Congrats on doing so well, especially the successful port tack start.
ReplyDeleteKenny