Loosen everything, weight to leward, smooth moves. BillP
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hey Charlie, > Can you share any light air tricks with us? Always looking for ways to > improve. > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Atlantic City, NJ > ------------------------------ > *From: *cenel...@aol.com > *To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Sent: *Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:15:32 PM > *Subject: *Stus-List Summer racing in the NC heat. > > Water Phantom raced non-spinnaker this past weekend in the Hancock Yacht > Club Regatta held in the Neuse River off the Marine Air Station Cherry > Point. Usually I go spinnaker, but the competition was better in non-spin > with 4 others while the spin fleet only had 2. Since I would rather compete > than chase trophies, we stayed in non-spin. > > My crew of 7 suffered in the 1st no-wind race which began before the sea > breeze had a chance to arrive but with some luck and persistence we crossed > the line 1st of 5 but were corrected over by 30 seconds by a well sailed > Pearson 30--ended up 2nd in a fleet of 2 P-30s, a San Juan 30 and a P-31. > Not too bad for the heaviest boat in the fleet. > > The second race had a great sea breeze of 8-10 knots, we put the board > down to good effect and stayed in clear air on the triangle course and did > a horizon job on the others for 1st place. > > The 3rd race we were too aggresive at the start, got there early and as we > turned to keep the bow behind the line, the midships crossed it early so we > had to restart, which involved a jibe and tack since we were too far down > the line to just dip. Never giving up, we got our heads back in the game > but fell below the layline to the windward mark which required 2 extra > tacks. Needless to say, we did not finish anywhere but 5th, DFL. > > However, on corrected time we were only 9 seconds out of 3rd which would > have tied us for 1st. > > With a 1st and at least a 2nd pretty much assured, it was our regatta to > lose and we were unnecessarily aggresive at the start. My 36 XL/kcb takes > way more than 9 seconds to do either a jibe and a tack or 2 tacks! This > time we really snatched 3rd from a 2nd or 1st--even though the official > results were not available until after all the races. > > No races on Sunday since the sea breeze was late and so we left with no > way to redeem our 3rd race. > > Moral--don't let short term tactics or the fun of having a great start get > in the way of the big picture! > > Charlie Nelson > Water Phantom > C&C 36XL/kcb > > > cenel...@aol.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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