Prelim results, 3rd in class, BaseRunner got us by 39 sec corrected.  6th overall corrected, out of 23 boats.  Not a bad day 😎.  

sunny with 1 foot seas. winds 8-12 knots from the south. 

we power sailed over to thimble shoals lighthouse. I was on the b&g setting up the marks. it took us a while to find race committee but it took them longer to get set up. the race didn't go off right at 10. we made a start before the race was actually under way, then went around and did it again for real. 

we made the red day signal marking the port end of the line on starboard and we were under way. we tacked to stay by the shore line. 

I accidentally deleted the first mark but we were right on course and I figured it out on our way to the range tower. we went a little long and tacked back to starboard. no problem making the mark and we were able to bear away as we got closer. 

as we passed the mark we only needed to bear away a little more.  we were cruising between 6 and 7 knots for the whole race. great speed. 

we got to thimble shoals and rounded it going to the salt ponds inlet by the beach. this put the wind on the beam or a little aft for a broad reach.   we put up the pole and kept the slot open. Al took the helm and Andy helped with the up haul and sheets. 

Al took the helm again as we reached the mark. I got the pole down smooth. i took the up haul off first which worked well. I jumped back to the cockpit to help Andy with the jib as we rounded the mark. 

I was running around a lot with skirting as we were a crew of 3.

next to the finish line. we were on a starboard tack and didn't want to finish on a port tack but couldn't make the line.  we tacked a bit before the line but ran into traffic on port and had to tack before we wanted to. we couldn't quite pass the boat next to us and was not going to make the line. i didn't think they could either but they weren't tacking. I think we tacked and ducked behind them. there was a couple of tacks in a row and we finished. we were on front of a lot of the fleet. 

it was a perfect day and fast but not overpowered sailing. we sailed home and celebrated with some blueberry muffins and a beer. I helmed a part of the way home and it was nice sailing. 

base runner had engine issues and wanted us to standby in case she needed a tow. she did end up needing a tow. we caught a line and tied it around a astern cleat. I called the coast guard with a pan-pan to let them know we were coming into little creek harbor under tow. after getting all the information they needed they suggested using a securitee instead. 

it was another great day off sailing. 


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Crew: 4

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