Hey!

It's been a year already since the last fall spectacular! Yesterday, the distance race was held, a 22 mile affair. It was an upwind start on a long port tack fetch down the sound to marker 129 to port then on to marker 131. The Nacra 20s were of course in the lead with the F17 trailing not to far behind. Once the F17 rounded, I brought the new seabreeze with me and was trapped for 90 percent of the time with the weather hull skimming over the waves. The 20s kept getting bigger and bigger by the finish! On corrected time, the F17 finished 1st. I have cleats mounted next to the daggerboards and my "crew" <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> was able to lock in the spin while I trapped and played the main.

Today, we will do 3 or 4 buoy races. The F17 is having a "good time"!

More later...
Bob <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

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