On Sunday we raced San Diego Yacht Club's Hot Rum Race. This was the first of a three race series that consists of an 11.3 mile course out San Diego Bay, down the coast, and then back. This is a pursuit start with boats starting according to their ratings, so the finish order is your position.
We ended up 13th out of 33 in our class, and 58th out of 131 overall. We had a great downwind run but not quite enough wind to get on a plane which would have helped us greatly. Christine, Theresa, Adam, and Ricardo all did a great job getting the boat around the course. The next race is in two weeks and Karma is in the yard getting some blisters repaired on the keel bulb.
Good take-aways from this race -
1) We beat did very well in relation to all the other sport boats racing with us.
2) The new speedo helped our a lot during the race.
3) Crew work was excellent, now if only the helmsman could keep up...
Other pics here.
