The JYC team competed this past weekend in the Meigs Capdevielle event at Fort Walton YC. It was a long trip but we planned for it accordingly and had no issues coming or going. The normal crew from Fresh Aire, including Matt McDonald, Bishop Blackwell and Joe Gibbs went down Friday afternoon set up the boat to be ready to go on Saturday morning.
Saturday racing was a blast! Three races barely a shift all day, so it was nothing but speed and direction all day. We needed an easy weekend like this. New venues and thinking about shifts and weather patterns confuse us.
Winds while steady ranged from 10-14 mph which was good for us as we were crewed a little on the heavy side, 570lbs! We had finishes of 11-9-8-12-7 out of thirteen hulls. We finished 9th overall. This isn’t bad for us. We felt like our straight line boat speed was ok, not stellar. Our pointing was not as good as some others however when we really hiked hard we could hold a lane and climb up to weather boats. This was very encouraging as we knew if we had to hold a lane we could. All we had to do was work our abs and legs. Obviously our teenager, Matt, could do this better than Bish or me so he stayed out further and longer.
Next areas we need to work on improving, starts & tacking more effectively.
Results https://event-manager.compete-at.com/Manager/ClubFiles/Club-151/File/2010Meigs/Meigs%20Capdevielle%20Final.
View the races on Kattack.com web player, Gulfport challenge/capdevielle.
Next weekend is Summer Regatta at MYC!
