Karma is good
Hi Frank,
Yep, we got the band back together for our 4th section win in the 36.7 section in 5 years (dropped out last year) on board Karma.
Amazing section (24 identical boats) and very close racing.
Interesting race in that the weather models were completely off-the pattern was so unstable that predictions had very low probability. Most routing info suggested staying W of RL and working North as much as possible, but I felt the likelihood of the predicted NW breeze filling NW-SE at the time we would be up there was slim, so we worked the shifts we had at the time-opening up an 8 mile lead on our section in the wee hours of SUN am. Then it was straight forward-took a tack back to consolidate and stay between the fleet and the finish-which we managed to do succesfully.
This also helped us to a 3rd overall finish (as well as first in section).
Especially sweet as this was the 100th running of the race!
Cheers,
S