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Macca: what was your combined crew weight? IIRC the guys on the Polish cat where very light.
What route did you take around the island?


We were bang on 150kg for the race, there were a few Polish Exploders out there, none of which were very well sailed but they did light up a few times (not enough though)

We stood on under kite on Port for a fair while after the VC mark to take advantage of the tide, I took a stb ride back towards the shore to lock in the boats that were to leeward of us. We made good gains there but Gunnar stayed out there longer and made even more. But I was happy not to be too greedy. It was a risky strategy to get so far offshore from the fleet. Once we came back to the fleet we worked the smaller shifts and tried to stay near the front edge of the new pressure that the slower boats were bringing down with them. We made a lot of places keeping in the pressure as it built.

How about you? a lot of boats went to the shore and got hammered...


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