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| Pre race..Nicole, Rodney, Karl, Con, Mark |
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| Straight trip down the bay |
On the second day we started on a broad reach in breeze under 10 knots for this 25 mile race. The start did not go well. We got on the leeward side of the fleet and could not get out from under Warrior, a Tripp 38. She was the slowest in our class and it hurt us. Madcow, a B-32 tried to bluff us by forcing us up when we were rolling her inside the 3 boat circle of a mark of the course. Unfortunately the second half of the race it turned into a moderate air run and that was our weak point of sail. Tampa Bay Girl, a shoal draft J120 was able to stay ahead of us and with their 8 second PHRF advantage we could not get close to her in this race. We could only score 5th in class. We had some problems with our electrical system we could not get the engine started. We could sail into the Manitee River but soon found out that the approach to the Brandenton Yacht Club was in some spots under 7 feet so we got stuck. Carinthia did get a tow and a place to spend the night. Link: http://henrymoore.org/scrw/2010_race_2_scrw.pdf
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| Carinthia is on the left |
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| Carinthia in front of Brandeton Yacht Club |
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