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Div 3 - Spring Series - Race 2

22/9/2017

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We had had some extreme winds in the week before the race, but the forecast was for a moderate westerly.  Looking a bit gusty, we settled on our no. 3 jib and full main. We set out with just two on board, Barry on the helm and myself on the jib. As we headed off across the line into the westerly it suddenly picked up to 25kts or more and we stated to question the wisdom of being out there......​
We saw Xena drop her jib and assumed that she was pulling out.  That was enough for us and we decided to go home too.  I waived my arms about to indicate to Snow Goose that we were chucking it in.  Shortly after we composed ourselves and the wind eased so we made the decision to continue on in the race after all.  We then noticed that Snow Goose was heading back to the line having taken my signals as meaning that the race was cancelled.  I tried to correct this by pointing to the first mark but they continued back.
It turned out the Xena was not pulling out either; she was just changing down their jib.

Anyway Barry and I battled through the gusts to an unexpectedly enjoyable race.

On one leg coming back from Hen & Chicken Bay around Cabarita we were passed by Axis of Evil with their spinnaker up going as fast as I’ve ever seen them go.  They could not hide their delight as they carved through the swells.   

The scratch finish was, 1 Farrago, 2 Snow Goose and, 3 Xena and that’s the way the handicap places went too. A great race, and our apologies to Snow Goose for the confusing signals.
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Link to our track:
http://raceqs.com/tv-beta/tv.htm#userId=1046927&divisionId=49632&updatedAt=2017-09-16T05:59:20Z&dt=2017-09-16T13:50:02+10:00..2017-09-16T15:59:18+10:00&boat=Farrago&time=1505533821563&focus=Farrago&rival=Still%20Festering&tab=fleet&view=auto

Division 3 – Spring Race 2 - by Paul Fowler (Farrago)
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