Racing Days

31 Jan 2008

After a great first race, things have got tough again out here in Skud world. We have been sailing well with good boat speed and starts, but the racing is close and we always seem to be on the wrong side of a very tight pack. The winds have been light, shifty and patchy, with long postponements on two days.

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Limp flags and very quiet waters beyond…

And yesterday we had what our coach calls a ‘racing day’ when one mistake in each race cost us 4 or 5 places. In the first race we tacked too close to another boat coming into the windward mark and had to do a 360 degree penalty; then in the second race we gybed out of the last whisper of a dying breeze after being first to the windward mark. Frustrating!

We are one point above our rivals in the trials which of course is too close for comfort. But there should be more breeze today and we are keeping our heads up.

Today will be our day!

And here is a great picture of us training in a nice breeze before the regatta started.

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5 Responses to “Racing Days”

  1. ruthie said at Jan 31st, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    here in falmouth, we check the details loyally every day.
    not really sure what they mean but thats charts and stats and that!
    Is it time to open the tin of peaches!
    xxxx

  2. Emma said at Feb 1st, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    How has it gone today - cant see the results on the website yet been thinking about youxxxx

  3. Will said at Feb 1st, 2008 at 7:07 pm

    As you say sis too close for comfort!
    Hope it all went extremely well today. No mistakes please it’s all very tense here even 3000 miles away. xxx

  4. ruthie said at Feb 3rd, 2008 at 7:15 pm

    yep what’s happening?

  5. ness said at Feb 5th, 2008 at 9:42 am

    !!***GOOD LUCK****!!

    “tacking, gyping” - whatever it all means, do it well

    big kisses from birmingham XXX

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