Racing the Jr. Waterhouse on Paul's Olson 34

Bleak and foreboding day

  • distance covered on the race course - 28 nm
  • time on the course - 5 hr 44 min
  • max speed - 10 kts
  • average speed - 5 kts
  • total distance sailed today - 40 nm
  • tacks on the windward leg - 30
  • tacks required (after already reaching the mark) to round the mark - 6
  • spinnaker jibe attempts - 3
  • successful spinnaker jibes - 2
  • total jibes - 4
  • sail changes - 4
  • sails twisted - 3 (including the hourglass off Pt Blunt)

Whacked with a spinnaker pole

  • injuries - 3
  • suggestions offered - no comment
  • saves - many
  • protests - none
  • collisions - none
  • breakage - none
  • hats lost - none
  • crew lost - none
  • barges banged - none
  • fuel shortages - none
  • groundings - none
  • docking mishaps - none (thanks to the crew)