So the wind gods that smiled on us two weeks ago with extremely heavy air decided to show us what the opposite feels like on Sunday. There was little to no wind the entire race, I think the most we saw was maybe a puff to 6 knots as we were finishing. Karma does not like light air, but we ended up a respectable 6th in class which we were pretty happy with. We were only 10 seconds out of 5th, and in the end we learned a lot about what makes this boat go in the glassy stuff and I think our performance in light air will only improve. We started with too much shape to the jib and realized the boat like a flatter jib which let us point much better after the adjustment was made. I also accidentally wiped some bottom paint on my keel window, so I need to make sure to get that off before the next race so we can see the kelp on the keel.
Overall a great day with Adam, Geoff, Mike and Devina on board as crew. More importantly, we were able to get the boat put together in time for this race, which was only possible because of people helping me to get it done. Thank you to everyone that helped get Karma back on the course in 2 weeks.
More photos can be found here.
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