We've had four of the eight races completed so far. The regatta started on Tuesday with very strong breezes and a long passage race round some islands at the south end of Phuket.
After a short beat it was a long reach out to a turning mark before going upwind. Island Fling passed us on the reach, but once we got our staysail up they didn't seem to draw away too much. We mad some gains on the long beat and changed to a heavy jib. At the top mark we set the a2 and spaysail and ran downwind in the moderating breeze. Another reach into the finish with the staysail up and the race was over.
We were happy to come away with a second on irc in this race behind island fling, it was quite windy and our boat is optimized for lighter breezes.
Wednesday was scheduled to be windward leewards. It was a long day on the water in moderate winds with the medium jib and a2 all day. We thought we sailed quite well and were a little disappointed with our results of 4-2-3. In the first race four boats including us were over the line early and the results were close we were just 30sec out of second. Jelik had a win and Quantum had two wins.
So the points stand as Quantum 10, Jelik 11, Hi Fi 11, Island Fling 12, Mandrake 16.
Very close with four races to go....
Photos and updates to come...
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