Made it around the bouys yesterday for race 4, and had a blast sailing our 1 rig and actually competing. We were duking it out with Haier and ASCC and managed to pass both of them before the finish. (although ASCC did capsize right before the finish).
Today for race 5, we had pretty good breeze, so we sailed our 2 rig. The southeasterly directions is so difficult, the race is a marathon of different legs that crisscross the harbor. The gusts and lulls are huge, and even though we spend most of our time upwind easing the main, we still have to run in off the wire in many of the lulls. Today we had a few mishaps and two capsizes, but we are improving steadily and getting better at anticipating what is coming.
Tomorrow is another lay day and then two more days with a pretty full-on forecast. (20-30 kts). Hope we can make it through!
-Christine
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