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Initially Posted - 05/31/2012 : 04:52:32

As i have posted before, we have relocated Iris, and gotten her in her slip at teh new club. The mast is up, but I am tentative about the rig etc.

I still wanted to get a shakedown sail in though, and I figured it would be better to have help nearby if things went wrong than to be out there alone. Last night was race night. Winds were predicted to be light. I figured it was a good opportunity.

Headed to the boat at lunch to clean her up and install the last bits of running rigging.Then returned after work to prep for the races. Found some able crew, and got things set, then headed to teh start with the rest of the crew.

I had been out to race night the last couple weeks as crew aboard a Viking 28, so I have a pretty good feel for differences between this club and my previous. Here they raise sails before leaving the basin, then sail the gap in the breakwall (something that would have been unheard of in my previous club) and they have a comittee boat with an actual race comittee whereas my previous club had a radio start conducted by crew aboard one of the boats, and used the honour system for OCS faults (they were never called unless it was blatantly obvious).

In the race there was a C-25 tall rig, a C-22, and a Shark, so it was nice competing against similar boats rather than the mixed fleet I am used to. This fleet is also more serious about their races than the previous. It was a fun night.

At a risk of getting long winded - the night was fun. We came in almost last (but not quite) and had a fantastic start (for me) ducking one boat to avoid being pushed out of the start, pushing another boat up over early, and avoiding the plastic canyon I usually end up trapped in. We crossed with speed and on time - something that I never manage to pull off.

I headed out under canvassed in order to baby the rig, but it paid off on the windward legs. We were outpointing the other C-25 and moving faster than him. Downwind was another story though. I didn't have the whisker pole on board (oops) and the small sail wasn't catching wind well. We ended up dropping back as we went downwind, and never made up the time.

It also didn't help that I blew a mark rounding, ending up hove-to, and misjudged the best route on the last windward leg, putting in extra distance in poor wind to fall back even further.

But its nice to have a scratch boat to compare to. So far we are losing the series against this other C-25, but there's always next week. I just need the riggers to get out so I can put up bigger sails and not worry about stressing the rig. Although now that we've spent a night out sailing, I have more confidence in it. Still nervous though.

"Iris"
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Response Posted - 05/31/2012 : 06:14:59

Congrats on the move to a better race venue. Sounds like you're gonna have a great time there. When you mentioned the changes, I instantly thought serious competition. Just watch out for those "serious racers". ;)

Edited by - NautiC25 on 05/31/2012 06:15:45

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