We were originally going to be crewing on a Northshore 310, however the owner's son had three mates with him so we jumped aboard a Tartan 30 (i think??). When I say jumped - that's exactly what I mean - jumped. We started off by jumping aboard the Northshore as it slowed down coming past the jetty we were waiting at...OK that was interesting. Then we had to go and find the Tartan. We spotted it and over we went...both boats slowed down as we passed and...JUMP...and on board the Tartan.
A quick introduction with the skipper and the other crew member and we were readying ourselves for the start.With the same start line being used for three races and probably 40 or so yachts, the pre-start was fairly intense - particularly for somebody who doesn't usually race - but there was at least 10cm between most of the yachts most of the time!!
The racing was fairly close for most of the journey - and particularly close to the harbour front homes and jetties, on numerous occasions I could have reached out and touched moored boats, jetties and boat sheds as we sailed past.
The sailing was mostly good, with a solid 8-10kts ensuring enough wind. A couple of lulls were experienced - particularly on the way back, where we spent 5-10 minutes drifting toward the finish line.
And just as soon as it started, the race was over - too soon, but apparently a shorter course than normal was raced due to fading light. Oh well, a quick sail on Sydney Harbour is definitely better than no sail.
And of course I had my GPS on for the race. Here is the log dumped onto Google Earth.
I would loved to have posted some photos, however as the racing was fairly close, short and intense, there was really no time to get the camera out.
Bye...
No comments:
Post a Comment