We participated in the Megles 24 PCC's this past weekend. It was by far the most fun I have had while sailing in a long time. The entire weekend we improved our crew work and continued to learn how to make this boat work. Unfortunately, our results don't really show that. Our first day we did a great job playing the shifts, but our starts were atrocious. The second day the wind really picked up, we had much better starts, but we were figuring out how to sail the boat downwind properly. We were spending so much time just working on boat speed we kind of let tactics slip to a secondary role and we lost a lot of boats upwind that were slower than us but played the shifts better.
Although we didn't place well, we are quickly learning the boat. With another solid week of practice in Santa Cruz we will hopefully be able to give a better performance at worlds. Photos of day 1 can be found here. Day 2 here.
This weekend has served to reinforce my feelings that the melges 24 class is the epitomy of one-design keel boat racing. Everyone is very friendly, quick to lend advice, and always provides encouragement. Here is a link to the photos of Karma on Day 2 that I sorted out.
Although we didn't place well, we are quickly learning the boat. With another solid week of practice in Santa Cruz we will hopefully be able to give a better performance at worlds. Photos of day 1 can be found here. Day 2 here.
This weekend has served to reinforce my feelings that the melges 24 class is the epitomy of one-design keel boat racing. Everyone is very friendly, quick to lend advice, and always provides encouragement. Here is a link to the photos of Karma on Day 2 that I sorted out.
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