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takokichi
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Initially Posted - 08/15/2004 :  22:30:38  Show Profile
So - a year ago I posted a series of threads starting the day after our first foray into racing this boat in the 2003 MS Regatta on Casco Bay asking for help with my game. Yesterday was the 2004 MS Regatta and the one year aniversary of our racing campaign. It was also the last points scoring day for the Gulf of Maine Ocean Racing Association (GMORA)(save one over night race we're not eligible for). We finished third in the MS and clinched second in GMORA crusing class western division.

Yesterday's race was awesome. 160 boats in 10 or so classes. Began with a beat to weather out into the ocean. 4-6 waves with some really big ones out at the weather mark. A foot to two feet of chop on top. Burried the bow repeatedly but got there. Had a few hairy moments on port tack, hard on the wind with the swells directly on the beam. A puff at the wrong time would have been a real problem.

On the way back in the wind clocked over 100 degree and came up to about 20 knots. We had a blazing reach back into the bay to what had been the gybe mark. I don't want to re-start the wars over the top speed a C25 can attain, but our GPS read 7.6 over the ground on a foul current. The skipper of an Ericsson 29 we held off on that reach came up to me at the banquet and asked how we made the boat move that fast. (The same thing happened last year with the skipper of a Pearson 30 - we're getting to like that conversation). The Ericsson guy said without prompting that his GPS read 7.5 and he wasn't shaking us.

A major header on the way to the last mark - which was an offset mark to keep the approach to the finish line clear of the boats coming back in from the ocean mark - meant a tacking battle at the very end. We got caught out by a big puff during a tack and with sails too full went *way* over. Wound up standing on the tiller waiting for the boat to come back up. It did. We played tacking duel with our nearest rival to finish 5.1 second ahead of them on corrected time. Good enough for third in cruising.

As for the GMORA season standings - our second place is sort of a misnomer but still feels good. We had an incredibly light air year and during most races, most boats dropped out. We were the second of only two boats to attain enough race days to qualify. So it doesn't really mean we're fast - just persistant. Along the way we had some crazy moments. Including beating a J42 on straight time on two different very light days, and correcting out over him on another. During one of those races we also managed to take a J30 on straight time. In the light stuff its all about anticipating where the wind will come from next.

Anyway - thanks to everyone who provided advice and suggestions over the last year. We had a blast, proved a C25 can be raced competitively, and waved the Catalina flag in the company of Farrs, Frers, and J's.

Next up - bottom jobs, new headsail, adjustable backstay, inboard tracks. We could be way faster.

Justin
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Response Posted - 08/15/2004 :  22:48:57  Show Profile

2nd place is still second place. You hung in there when others did not...enjoy it and don't be to negative about it. Congrats!!!
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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 08/16/2004 :  00:11:09  Show Profile
Good for you! I hope you will consider a trip to the National Regatta on Lake Cheney in Kansas next July. You sound like the kind of skipper we could all learn from....provided you are willing to share! Good on ya! Have you gotten into discussions on the "Nationals" topic? I think your opinions would certainly count.

Gary B.
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Response Posted - 08/16/2004 :  00:11:23  Show Profile
Good for you! I hope you will consider a trip to the National Regatta on Lake Cheney in Kansas next July. You sound like the kind of skipper we could all learn from....provided you are willing to share! Good on ya! Have you gotten into discussions on the "Nationals" topic? I think your opinions would certainly count.

Gary B.
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