First Race

We took part in our first race a couple of weekends ago. The local clubs on the River Medway have a fairly full racing calendar and Mischief and I needed some sailing time so we joined in with the Red Sands Race. This is a 28nm course and usually takes in excess of 7 hours to complete We came last on elapsed time but 2nd last out of 5 on handicap. Everyone finished within 5 hours and we all spent the majority of the race at hull speed with a northerly force 4 / 5 wind putting us on a beam reach.



More racing next weekend and I won't be so timid now it looks like the mast step is fixed.

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