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3 Bullets on Day 2… »
June 12, 2010
With a slightly earlier start today, the Bella Mente lumbered out to the racecourse around 930 in dreary conditions and made preparations to the sails and mast once we reached the starting area. We had several different weather reports on the breeze, so it was anyones guess as to what the day would bring.
All 3 races had a similar feel to them with breeze out of the 240 direction, ranging from 9-14. We did a very good job of taking care of the basics (starts and staying in phase) and sailing fast and clean around the course. Race 2 was our smallest margin of victory as we got beat on a gybe set by Ran and got rolled shortly after. Getting rolled is always a bitter pill to swallow and being the competitive bunch that we are on Bella Mente, we will be sure to correct our mistake in that scenario again in the future.
Despite the fact we are racing on a handicap system, there was plenty of tight racing going on, as was the case with one leeward mark where 5 of the 6 boats in the fleet rounded at the same time. That is about 400ft of boat trying to squeeze through 2 marks seperated by 100ft.
After a longer day than expected, we put on our Bella Mente whites and headed to the NYYC party. It is always fun to go New York Yacht Club as the grounds are pristine and you can feel the tradition of past America’s Cups and famous races, that is if you can get over the bow ties and pink pants that a lot of the members seem to think are in style. A few of us even tried to talk the 2 Italians on the boat to do the infamous slide down the massive hill on the front lawn of NYYC on kitchen trays. This has been rumoured to happen on a frequent basis after a few dark and stormy’s, but I have yet to see it…and I won’t be the one to try it.
2 more races tomorrow…check out nyyc.org for details.
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