Race On!
by Jake on Apr.24, 2007, under Racing!
The practice day of the US Sailing Multihull Championship for the Alter Cup launched today on the Blade F16 without incident. Kevin Rejda (Beach Captain) and I moved all 10 boats to the launching area first thing in the morning to get them ready for final rigging before launching for the practice racing. Today’s practice was to give both the competitors and the race management an opportunity to work out the bugs and get things ironed out for the real competition to start tomorrow. After a short concern this morning about not having enough breeze, the sea breeze kicked in quickly and by 11:30am we had 10 to 14 knots waiting for the competitors to get to the course. Several races were had and we swapped out fleets once. Nobody actually finished the practice races (winning a practice race is considered bad luck). Kevin and I retuned the boats this evening in preparation for tomorrow…lots going on in a loooong day.
The news will keep coming but I’m going to switch over to the US Sailing site HERE for most of the detailed information including results.
Originally uploaded by Team Seacats.
