Attitude Adjustment 2 took a first in Cruising Class. However, the bragging rights are tempered since it was mostly though attrition and failure to starts. We did, however, beat some spinnaker boats which felt good. This race was the weekend before the 4th of July, starting near the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA and ending off the fishing pier on the main channel in Shelter Island, San Diego.
This was a great race in that 70 boats started. A unique feature was that it was essentially four races with four different courses but all starting at generally the same start line about the same time. It was open to just about anything including dinghies, kite boards, etc. Finishes were in Newport Beach, Dana Point or San Diego with San Diego having two different courses finishing at the same place. Our start was 1100 Friday and our finish was 0845 Saturday. The last three miles to the finish line from the turning buoy took two hours and forty five minutes! It was a bit disconcerting to be tacking broadside to the channel doing 4 tenths of a knot with commercial shipping, go fast boats and day boats all blasting by you.
The entry list was a bit of a disappointment. The March Border Run race had over 200 boats. I would have figured something similar except it's a really busy time of year.
Anyhow, here are some photos. I thought it was interesting that I had a lot more twist in my sails than some other boats. My sails were trimmed properly though, so it may have been a rig variation, and we blew off a lot of similarly-rated boats with racing sails (composites), so I think we were doing something right.
This was a great race in that 70 boats started. A unique feature was that it was essentially four races with four different courses but all starting at generally the same start line about the same time. It was open to just about anything including dinghies, kite boards, etc. Finishes were in Newport Beach, Dana Point or San Diego with San Diego having two different courses finishing at the same place. Our start was 1100 Friday and our finish was 0845 Saturday. The last three miles to the finish line from the turning buoy took two hours and forty five minutes! It was a bit disconcerting to be tacking broadside to the channel doing 4 tenths of a knot with commercial shipping, go fast boats and day boats all blasting by you.
The entry list was a bit of a disappointment. The March Border Run race had over 200 boats. I would have figured something similar except it's a really busy time of year.
Anyhow, here are some photos. I thought it was interesting that I had a lot more twist in my sails than some other boats. My sails were trimmed properly though, so it may have been a rig variation, and we blew off a lot of similarly-rated boats with racing sails (composites), so I think we were doing something right.
