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In a message dated 5/9/2001 7:52:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Nonajoan@aol.com writes:
> Congratulations to Bob & the Jan Doe crew; they got a well deserved first
> place. Our entire crew had a blast both on the water and while docked.
> Just
> saw a picture of our boat with all the people piled on - WOW, didn't think
> the boat could hold that many happy folk.
>
Thanks Joan. Every once in a while we get lucky and find the right lane. Being light on crew (4 total) helped in the light stuff but hurt us big time at the end of both Saturday's and Sunday's races. On Saturday we doused the kite early on the final leg to the finish rather than running the risk of a disastrous takedown if one of the J105's around us decided to reach up--a big mistake when the wind backed and held all the way down the Mare Island channel. Sunday we simply got overpowered at the end and could not hold Tortuga off down the stretch when the apparent breeze built to 18.
Sunday's race was more luck than skill for us. We caught some breaks and got out of the channel in front of Jeannette when it was forced to do penalty turns. We worked our way up the seawall for a while, then checked the GPS and decided the current wasn't bad enough to justify the multiple slow tacks and bad air. We broke left with a few other boats, found the wind line a bit earlier than most, then just stayed on the jib trim all the way down the Bay to stretch out on the fleet. We actually never saw any of our competitors until the end of the race when Tortuga overhauled us and Jeannette moved up close, but by then there wasn't enough time for them to overcome the rating difference.
We had a great time both days. Thanks to all you guys for making the weekend a great one for us on Jane Doe.
Bob
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/9/2001 7:52:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
Nonajoan@aol.com writes:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Congratulations to Bob & the Jan Doe crew; they got a well deserved first
place. Our entire crew had a blast both on the water and while docked.
Just
aw a picture of our boat with all the people piled on - WOW, didn't think
the boat could hold that many happy folk.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
Thanks Joan. Every once in a while we get lucky and find the right lane.
Being light on crew (4 total) helped in the light stuff but hurt us big time
at the end of both Saturday's and Sunday's races. On Saturday we doused the
kite early on the final leg to the finish rather than running the risk of a
disastrous takedown if one of the J105's around us decided to reach up--a big
mistake when the wind backed and held all the way down the Mare Island
channel. Sunday we simply got overpowered at the end and could not hold
Tortuga off down the stretch when the apparent breeze built to 18.
Sunday's race was more luck than skill for us. We caught some breaks and got
out of the channel in front of Jeannette when it was forced to do penalty
turns. We worked our way up the seawall for a while, then checked the GPS
and decided the current wasn't bad enough to justify the multiple slow tacks
and bad air. We broke left with a few other boats, found the wind line a bit
earlier than most, then just stayed on the jib trim all the way down the Bay
to stretch out on the fleet. We actually never saw any of our competitors
until the end of the race when Tortuga overhauled us and Jeannette moved up
close, but by then there wasn't enough time for them to overcome the rating
difference.
We had a great time both days. Thanks to all you guys for making the weekend
a great one for us on Jane Doe.
Bob </FONT></HTML>
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