mostly sunny and around 80 with winds from the SSE AT 8-12 knots and 1 foot swells. ebb current at 0.5 to 0.75 knots. 

course was 3.8M KLS all to port.

we timed the start well and were at full speed at the line. there was a mess of boats 2 boat lengths ahead of us that got in each others way and Arberia was over early and had to make her way back and avoid us in the process. luckily she succeeded in both. 

we made our way to k and tacked first. this would put us on starboard coming into the mark on our next tack.  we tacked behind another boat and headed for the mark. we didn't run into any traffic jam at k.

on the way to L we caught black widow but couldn't pass her to leeward with the bad wind off her sails. we put the pole up which helped a little but not enough. taking the pole down i splashed it in the water. that most certainly didn't help. we were given room at the mark. we made our turn around it and cleared it by a foot. it was pretty close. widow didn't think we made the turn as quick as we could and let us know. but the results say otherwise. 

we trimmed in the sails and headed for the finish. we were able to bear off and gain some speed. we sailed well and were pretty close to hull speed. 

we finished 6 out of 7 and it was a tight race with 4 minutes separating first from 7th. the finish didn't represent how well we sailed. it was a well sailed race. 

on the way back I got to helm which I always love. we were on starboard and base runner was under motor (on port) but she didn't look like she was giving way and we were getting closer than I was comfortable with. I might have been able to duck behind her but another boat was pretty close behind. I didn't give the crew notice and announced the tack as I did it. (crash tack) 

it was a great race and great sail and a wonderful end to the regular season. I'm really looking forward to spinnaker for October. 



LCR S5R5

Crew: 7

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