BOOST

Todays race was the funest races I have sailed in for a long time!

The 15/20 knot SE set most of the fleet including us up with the little rig with us knowing that ours is pretty quick in a straight line and therefore feeling confident. With Sammy and Bill Walker along with Pete, Kate and kyles mate (our photographer) out on the spectator ferry the pressure was on us to sail well and get a good result.

After a general recall which enabled us to line up and test our speed. We were certainly quick and ready to nail the start and first work.

We decided to rack up middle of the line towards the pin as the left hand side up to Nelsons point was where we wanted to be and where we thought the race to the top mark would be won.

Our start was clean and we were smoking along with Active Air above us and Pure Blonde below.

At the top mark we rounded in third position, however everyone was very close together.

The first spiniker run was a smoker! Where we flu down the harbour to the bottom mark. Unfortunately it all came unstuck when we went for the gybe drop gybe around the bottom mark in some serious pressure, I stuffed up the turn and we put it in the drink.

Not to worry cause five other boats had done the same!

Once we got it up we were a little bit angry with a few heated words but we got on with the job and started our fight back along with Active Air who were the leaders and had also put it in the drink.

By the end of the race after sailing really well we finished 9th which isn't to bad but it would of been good to see what we could of done if we had of kept it upright.

Anyway our little rig with the fine tunning we have done to it is a ripper along with our little yellow spin, so we are really enjoying the fresh conditions and hopefully from now on we can keep getting results in the top ten.

Thanks heaps to Sam and Bill and everyone one else who came and watched I think it made us sail heaps better.

Remember to watch Sail Cam TV for all the footage of the race.