Cowes Week Day 2; A donkey does not bump into the same stone twice…
August 1, 2010
Though we did! Yesterday our engine decided to quit, so we had to be towed in by Luna, our own rib. She towed us out again today. We had a nice kite ride down to Browndown, where we started the race. Our start was quite well. All the way to the boat end we stayed out of the tide, which was pushing us down. 4th boat at the windward mark. Downwind in light breeze we were struggling to keep up with “YES”and “FEVER”. The other J-97’s were also on our tale and even overtaking us.We took an enormous risk by sailing out in to the tide. We were very lucky, that we stayed at the same distance from “YES” and “FEVER”. The downwind leg towards “Gleeds” we were in a fight with “RED EYES”, a J-92 sailing in the J-92 class. Both for them and for us, it did not have much advantage to stick with the other boat. Luckily they decided on the beat along to “Bob Kemp” to let us go. From “Bob Kemp” it was a close-hauled course to a Laid mark near to “Browndown”. Nothing much changed. On the beat towards the finish (see diagram below) we made the same mistake as yesterday. Both “YES”and “FEVER” were way in front of us, and we rounded “Laid Mark” enough time in front of “VANILLA” to beat them on the water. They tacked just a couple of cables after the “Laid Mark” and due to current circumstances we decided to stay out near the Northern shore. When we got close to the finish, “VANILLA” was about 150 mtrs in front of us. We decided to stay close to the island shore, we gained a lot on “VANILLA”. We even managed to finish in front of them. They beat us on corrected time tough, congratulations! Tomorrow we will see….
GBR9197R | FEVER | 0.979 | 14:56:10 | 03:36:10 | 03:31:38 | 1 | |||
GBR3033L | YES! | 0.983 | 14:55:19 | 03:35:19 | 03:31:39 | 2 | |||
GBR2097 | JACKAROO | 0.985 | 14:58:24 | 03:38:24 | 03:35:07 | 3 | |||
NED5859 | VANILLA | 0.987 | 15:01:49 | 03:41:49 | 03:38:56 | 4 | |||
NED118 | WINSOME | 0.990 | 15:01:24 | 03:41:24 | 03:39:11 | 5 | |||
GBR9297R | JIKA JIKA | 0.983 | 15:08:03 | 03:48:03 | 03:44:10 | 6 | |||
GBR6733R | BLACK DIAMOND | 0.974 | 15:10:35 | 03:50:35 | 03:44:35 | 7 | |||
GBR585T | 2XS | 0.969 | 15:12:36 | 03:52:36 | 03:45:23 | 8 | |||
GBR9781R | SHADES OF BLUE | 0.980 | 15:10:16 | 03:50:16 | 03:45:40 | 9 | |||
GBR9716R | HOT RATS | 0.992 | 15:07:39 | 03:47:39 | 03:45:50 | 10 | |||
GBR8500R | BRIGHTWORK | 0.990 | 15:09:01 | 03:49:01 | 03:46:44 | 11 | |||
GBR1334L | ACCOMPLICE | 0.992 | 15:09:54 | 03:49:54 | 03:48:04 | 12 | |||
R3417 | BOOMERANG | 0.993 | 15:10:13 | 03:50:13 | 03:48:36 | 13 | |||
K36 | ATHENA | 0.976 | 15:15:05 | 03:55:05 | 03:49:26 | 14 | |||
GER6432 | SPORTHOTEL | 0.995 | 15:10:54 | 03:50:54 | 03:49:45 | 15 | |||
GBR1975R | WILD BLUE | 0.975 | 15:16:05 | 03:56:05 | 03:50:11 | 16 | |||
GBR9809T | PRIMECUT | 0.991 | 15:13:19 | 03:53:19 | 03:51:13 | 17 | |||
GBR9693T | A’ASSIFA | 0.988 | 15:14:37 | 03:54:37 | 03:51:48 | 18 | |||
GBR6676T | DEXTERITY | 0.985 | 15:16:46 | 03:56:46 | 03:53:13 | 19 | |||
GBR7253T | ILEX OF UPNOR | 0.989 | 15:15:49 | 03:55:49 | 03:53:13 | 19 | |||
GBR1333R | CELERITY | 0.974 | 15:20:33 | 04:00:33 | 03:54:18 | 21 | |||
GBR5678T | SCARLET JESTER | 0.980 | 15:20:30 | 04:00:30 | 03:55:41 | 22 | |||
GBR7332R | X-TOSEA | 0.982 | 15:21:15 | 04:01:15 | 03:56:54 | 23 | |||
GBR1647L | PANORAMA | 0.984 | 15:23:37 | 04:03:37 | 03:59:43 | 24 | |||
GBR636 | DOMAINE | 0.964 | 15:29:58 | 04:09:58 | 04:00:58 | 25 | |||
GBR8749T | WIZARD | 0.989 | 15:23:39 | 04:03:39 | 04:00:58 | 25 | |||
GBR7533T | ELECTRON V | 0.967 | 15:31:10 | 04:11:10 | 04:02:53 | 27 | |||
GBR6831T | BRIO | 0.979 | 15:35:56 | 04:15:56 | 04:10:34 | 28 | |||
GBR8764T | BUCCANEER OF UPNOR | 0.970 | 15:53:09 | 04:33:09 | 04:24:57 | 29 | |||
GBR2463L | OUTREACH | 0.980 | NOD | ||||||
GBR8982 | BOMBARDIER II | 0.995 | NOD |
Post by Boj | August 1, 2010 |