The weather was perfect for a dash around the harbour and the tacking angles on the short beat up into Rose Bay magical birthday presents but we fell 21 seconds short of the third place I had expected as we crossed the finish line. In that 21 seconds Allegro, Trim and Enigma slipped in to relegate us to a slightly disappointing sixth place.
Our fastest times place deserved a better result. Our sixth fastest in a fleet of fifteen yachts is possibly the best position we have had in the seven or so years we have sailed at RANSA and due in no small part to the above mentioned tacking angles. The consolation prize was yet another victory over Rainbow, L’EauCo and Viva, all our old and new benchmarks. What is more pleasing is that the reach up the harbour is not our strong point but on the work back we shaved the marks with surgical precision and left no wasted time or distance on the course.
Magical tacking angles into Rose Bay on both windward legs
A big thank you to the crew for a great day on the water.