The winner of this race was Dave Thompson on Patricia. Single handed too! Way to go Dave.
With me was PH Smith. We decided to fly the spinny. Go big or go home!
Our track:
Our track:
Winds were constantly changing from NW to WNW, altering out course at times (10-15 Degrees) by the minute.
The Oshawa race was much like the W50, beating there, and close reaching back. this pooched our ability to fly the symmetric spinnaker as an advantage, for any length of duration, on either leg. We did however find that when heeled over 15 Degrees with puffs over 10 kts True, we could carry the Symmetrical spinny between beam reach and close reaching angles--pretty cool. Sailing the Symmetrical to beam reach and close reaching angles is a real balancing act that involves the trimmer and driver. We carried the spinny from Oshawa mark, to St Marys in these conditions then dropped it and close reached to 2 NM, then redeployed the spinnaker when conditions lightened in the Bay of Death
Again having an Asym in the arsenal would have put Santeria into top gear! We also found that twisting the main (all the way to windward on the traveller) puts the top main battens in the proper position. Some tidbits of info for next year.
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