After a nice meal last night at the only Asian restaurant on the island, Coca Chu, we went to bed hoping for more favourable winds for our next race.
A quick look out over the balcony this morning dashed our hopes. There was very little wind and we expect it will be another day of frustrating sailing through variable winds.
We met at the marina at our usual time, only to discover it was dress up day for the boats that wished to participate in this event. Our neighbour at the marina, Holy Cow, were a standout. They decided to launch a new political party at race week, "The Cow Party", and did an outstanding job at promotion (Kevin and Tony would do well to study their no-nonsense approach).
Each boat on our leg had been targeted with advertising promoting the party
The Cow Party launch is under way
Then it is straight out campaigning with only a few weeks to go before the election
A number of other boats also had entertaining themes, but Holy Cow really did well on the costumes.
Here is few others
This one had a marriage theme
Not sure what this one was about, but they were having a great time
There was also some Asylum seekers
And Ragtime, Steve's previous boat really dressed up for the occasion
Our race started at 11 am from the Eastern Start point well away from the dreaded Dent Passage. The breeze was around 5 knots, at best and continued between 5-6 knots and less for the first 1.5 hours of the race, very frustrating and not ideal for a big heavy boat. A bit like yesterday, there were periods where boars were parked with no wind, the rest of the field caught up, and then the breeze would come in and the race started again. The tide, as usual also proved a major challenge.
Once again we got caned on handicap, as did most of the bigger boats. We ended up 17th, and are now 8th overall for the series. Tomorrows forecast looks pretty soft, so it looks like another day of light winds which is hardly what we are looking for. Let's hope the forecast is wrong.
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