summer 8, after a 20knt easterly the day before i was expecting rolling seas, but it wasn't to be
after launching fairly early we did a few pratice gybes and tacks so that Lauren could get up to speed in calmer conditions.
we thought we timed the start well but the line was not set particularly well and we ended up beating down toward the pin end ?? mike cemm had done a port flyer and we wondered why ??
we started over the line eventually 1m 20ish well behind the others, it was a case of catch up to Pete and Patrick D15
we did make some progress until i started having rope problems again. on the run Lauren took the helm while i sorted it out. a bad tack on my part on one lap put us further behind as i decided to tack sooner rather than later going across the line. it meant in the end i did more tacks. on the next lap we did catch up slightly and finished about 1m 40 down on Pete, the committee boat didn't spot us going so slow and missed giving us a hoot, i sussed it out and took my time straight away and Desney said you are down as dnf. my reply was no the committee boats all had there heads down and didn't finish me, here's my time !!
overall very pleased with both our progress as a team and no doubt will improve as time goes on, Lauren seemed to enjoy it better today as it didn't involve the survival words haha. on the way back in i mentioned about ladies race and helming or crews race, her reply was "too soon and did i value my boat " lol
on the way back in i did let her take the tiller to start the ball rolling, next step will be trapezing , but wasn't needed today
total distance sailed 16.5 miles
