Measurement Wrap-up and Practice

Friday speed testing and practice racing. We spent a lot of time doing straight line tuning -- move this a quarter of an inch etc. Our courses for the regatta will have 2.5 -3 mile weather legs, so speed is king.

Coach Ed Adams set up a practice course for us and a couple of other boats joined. Notice that I am only uploading shots where we are ahead!

The shot with the 3 spinnakers is 1149 followed by Bill Hardesty (979) and Tom Hughes (1306).

When the wind kicked up, we got a hiking lesson. The first pic is Hardesty and crew, the second shows our gentler, kinder, more gentile approach. We're working on it.....

Great to have all of the measurement details out of the way. Saturday was a last minute panic for those who just arrived. We spent our time on the water which was far more relaxing and productive.

Our speed seems pretty good. We just need to control the other 84 boats around us.

Later