Team Seacats

We had a decent day today – the wind was up again and the shifts were large and obvious so we were able to capitalize on them considerably. We wanted to go to the right side most of today so we camped out at the committee boat and simply patiently waited for the log jam to clear the boat end of the start line. We would start 10 to 15 seconds late but we would be clear to immediately tack to port and foot off in the breeze. We would sail that way until the wind shifted and then we would tack back across the course. We had a finish in the teens today and the rest, except for the last, were mid-fleet. During the last race today, our mainsheet line cover started to fray and it eventually separated (naturally right after I asked David “I wonder how much longer that will hold up?). We were pretty cripled because we couldn’t reliable sheet and unsheet the main as pieces of the cover were getting jammed in the blocks. We elected to finish that race and then head for the beach because it could become a safety liability if we had to bear away to avoid someone and couldn’t uncleat the main. While sailing back to the club, I was sulking about how I had never had a DNS (Did Not Start) before. A few minutes later, David turned around and remarked that they abandonded racing for the day and the whole fleet was following us in! We’ve put on an old mainsheet that should work just fine for tomorrow – if there is any racing. There’s a huge storm system moving in on us and most are doubtfull about getting any racing in tomorrow…we’ll see.

Be sure to check out the video link above. AdventureOnline.tv has been putting together video from the week – there’s some good stuff there.