Shield 245, 6/4
- Shanan Wolfe
- Jun 9
- 2 min read
Night two.
A new boat, with no on I had sailed with before.
On the sail down to Gould Island we practiced some gybes, and I was shown a new way to stand to handle the pole during gybes. There was decent wind to start the evening off, and it was mild but predictably got colder. I was vindicated my bag of layers.
A smaller fleet than last week, and a longer line that was pin favored. I pulled out my massive borrowed watch and was teased that it was an ankle monitor, but later, when the mast instrument threw a pissy fit I was glad I had it.
The original sequence was called because race committee was moving the windward pin,
and then we had two false starts because of general recall. We were feeling better wind on the right side of the course, though debated that there might be less helpful ebb current behind Gould. All three starts we were mid-line, and the start that went we tacked over immediately and stayed right. We met back up with most of the fleet at the top, and had a crowded rounding. We protested (?Don't remember boat number) for trying to round inside of us out of a tack.
Smooth kite hoist, and we made the gate in one run. The drop got a little messy as all the boats converged on the gate, and our kite collapsed onto the jib as it was being set, starting to wrap the forstay. We got the kite down, however, and the jib the rest of the way up, and rounded without too much incident. Climbed back to windward for the finish, as the course had been shortened. We crossed 13th, but with five boats over the start line prematurely we ended up getting 9th.
I realize the next day I never heard what happened with our protest.
Lesson for me-- standing with my back to the mast while gybing the pole across.
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