J/22 Midwinters Thursday February 19, 2009
Posted by calebcannon in Racing in Jackson.trackback
Races were postponed this morning with winds around 30 knots. Left the dock about 3:00PM and got one race off with winds around 10-12. Ended up to be a beautiful day.
We were DFL at the start in dirty air. Tacked out early and stayed in the middle. Killed some boats on the first run and rounded about mid fleet. Missed taking a boats rudder off by about 6 inches at the leeward mark rounding. Sat in dirt behind Bolyard again then tacked away (mistake #1). The rig was tuned perfect and our boat speed was better than most. Missed the shift on the left on the next run and lost a few boats (better rounding though). Came into the finish on starboard and forced some port boats to take our stern. Shot the finish line and won against the other two. Never had so much fun moving at 5 knots. Still in 21st and lighter winds coming tomorrow (we hope).
We noticed our jib was puckering a little at the tack/foot but pro/sail maker/world champion Greg Fisher said it was just right. We are feeling great and having much more fun with manageable wind speeds. I felt so good I picked up a free J/22 shirt for Johnny V. Bish is counting his bruises on foredeck and Jim is calm, cool and collected and trying to get me in the first row of a start.
Not too shabby for your first national level regatta! Hey man as long as your insurance is paid up, get in there. That’s easy to say from the local fleet headquarters, I know. Sounds like you’ve got your confidence up now, stick your bow in there and shout like a wild man and buy everybody a beer later.
Oh, and good luck tomorrow.
Great job! Good luck on Fri and the return trip. Where are the pictures??
Just dropping by.Btw, you website have great content!
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