Big boat summary

Sunday’s racing was very light with no wind before the start. We discussed the possibility of having a race without sails, engines only just to keep the competitive spirit alive but the wind picked up slightly and the need for alternatives disappeared. The start boat again tried to set a course that would have had the windward mark sitting in about 2 meters of depth, not so good for a big boat series, so there was a slight delay again to allow them to move North. Wind at around 7 knots and 100degrees (SE) on a forecast of 10-15 knot north to North westerlies (?). Mediocre start with Jaffa in front OP to windward and I think knee deep to leeward, nowhere to go and couldn’t tack until we had enough bad wind off Jaffa to allow us to tack across into oblivion, and probably enough said on this race. We dropped this one. Second race a better start but OP was sailing better than us and managed to stay ahead on a soldiers course not leaving us much scope to fight back on a one lapper shortened course with the wind dying. Overall out of seven races Next factor took the overall honours with OP second and us in third. Great racing and we enjoyed the competition. We are pleased to see OP back up there and happy that we still have much to learn with plenty of races coming up. Should be some very competitive sailing to look forward too in the coming months. Bring it on.