Team Cape Fear holds their heads a bit higher at the end of today's racing. This was mainly due to the "Committee" agreeing to the correct course (with the assistance of the our "mashing" the GPS button and establishing an MOB at the Start/Finish line). Two more races today. After day one, we entered the day in 3rd of 15 boats in the Bareboat B catagory 3rd not 4th for protest threw out the 3rd place man for 28.1, not sailing the proper course. Once again we were on the Norman Island course with the possibility of 8 different courses.
The wind vacillated from 80 to 110, Cowen skippered today driving with Tip Chill calling great tactics (well assisted by lots and lots of input from the rest of the team). We started both races on starboard, the first one 1/3 down the line. The second 8 seconds late at the committee boat windward of the fleet.
Race one was around a windward mark leaving it to starboard, then leeward mark then finish. Even though we did not get the shore lifter that others in the fleet profited from, we came in 4th. We went for clean air especially since there are so many 50 and 51.5 in the class that like to roll us. We had a great downwind and leeward rounding.
The second race was around the windward mark, Pelican Island and Flannigan island. We managed to stay in clean air, had a bit of quick tack and back at the windward mark, then kept the others at bay. This was the course where we lost the committee boat location yesterday, so we let the GPS wisely point the way.... That let us lay the line perfectly and take a #2 place.
Saba Boy is out front having picked up 2 more bullets, but we have second overall in our grasp. We'll just see if we can hang on to it in tomorrow's final races.
BTW, boat name is ABBEY and pictures can be found at YachtShots.com
Best Regards,
THOMAS E HISSAM
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