Hello Race Fans,
Last Saturday was another great Sunshine Race, sailed once again, with no Sunshine. We had five boats on the water on what was forecast to be quite a miserable day. As it turns out, it was overcast, but no rain, with shifty winds gusting from zero to 15 knots. With the changing incoming tide, it made an interesting afternoon. We also shared the course with a Ruffian and an Etchell. So, we gave each other some share of misery during the afternoon. A simple windward leeward course was chosen by sailing three sausages from Dock Buoy to CWB with a club start and finish.
Not the best start of the season with boats strung from one end to the other and some as much as a minute late after the start (NFZ). Staying in the wind and playing the shifts that held was the name of the game. In the end it was Martin coming in first using an Etchell to run interference for him on Squiffy. So, Howard and Twins Mom, JJ, were second. Sailing in the Pessimistmobile, the French Boys in Pink, Remi and Damien, came third narrowly beating No Fly Zone, Ciara and Joe, who were in a come-from-behind bid. Closing up the ranks was Ishi and Bill in 3735 having suffered a tough final beat.
The big news of the day was Martin’s newly purchased Tack Tic that went Tock instead of Tick. He bought it from the gentleman below in near perfect condition with an “as is” warranty. Martin, the crafty lawyer, did not read the fine print and spent the afternoon trying to revive the dead compass. Remarkably he won though, and that may have been the guarantee he was looking for.