The teams new name... SkiffSail.... and new sail updates proved to be a major advantage in race 1 of the JJ World Titles sailed today in a rather dark cloudy rainy soft easterly... all the same conditons we have been struggling with over the last few months... big thanx to Woody and the League for getting our "new" hand me down rigs... so much more grunt in the lite and wavy conditons
And the all black sails look quite striking with the paint work and red detail on the wings... at least many of the Squaddy sailors seemed impressed
We started well and had to duck about 8 transoms up the first work and rounded the first mark with the Rag and 7 guys.... something was definitley going well here we thought, and after the first lap we where holding our position well... then came the brain explosion and we headed too far left way too early and lost 6 or 7 boats up the next windward leg... not to worry we were just happy to have pace and horsepower for the first time
We held our position to the finish and crossed the line in 18th overall... me and the boys were happy to see at least 10 boats come in after us
Young Bendo and Sam sailed extremley well in the tough conditions and considering our JJ preparation of no sailing for the past 2 weekends, due to my work commitments, we as a team are very happy with our result today
I would actually be happy to see another lite and shite easterly again tomorrow... and looking at all the rain around its quite possible
See what tomorrow brings for race 2
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GO bazdmeg!!!
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