Auckland, NZ
February 17, 2007

Day Two of the Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland 2008 regatta produced some topsy turvey results for us and most of the 40 contestants in the International Catamaran Class.

Boom adjustments

A sticky spinnaker halyard made things especially difficult for us today. We had trouble several times getting the spinnaker down as we approached the leeward mark. We sailed most of one weather leg without the spinnaker fully retracted into its housing.

When we finally got away in the first race of the day our boat speed was good but our sail handling could have been smarter. Basically, we failed to connect the dots and paid for it with a 17th place. We were in contention for a top place in race two, rounding the top mark in fifth place only to be dragged down by the spinnaker halyard problem. It cost us places but we managed to finish ninth. Race three saw us make our worse start of the day but we recovered to sail a solid race and finish in 14th place. In race four we made a great start only to be caught by a big wind shift that caused us to overlay the leeward gate. Our 18th finish became our throwout race.

Mark rounding