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PKSC October 6th, 2018 Round 4 Catamaran Report

18/10/2018

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Both Large and Small Catamarans club championship 2, Point score 4.
This week around 6 catamarns came down to a southerly breeze with base breeze 10 to 17 knots with gusts 17 to 25 knots. And a cool 19 degrees celcius. Ralf Steyer, Hugh Lewis, Jocab Abeleven, Tony Sanderson, Tony Zahra, Ross Fyfe
After the precious week there was a lot of discussion before any sign of rigging. Final consensus was
that the only catamarans willing to go out were Hugh on Hotpepper and Jacob on Pedro.
Duty crew Richard Lech was ably  supported by last minute inclusion of Chris Malcolm (his catamaran out of action for a while for repairs and a new main sail). I lent him a spray jacket as the windy conditions were quite fresh. As it turned out he ended up jumping in on a rescue and sailing Richard Hipsleys boat  back to shore (rudder issues) before any racing started . Spending the rest of the sailing session wet and pretty chilli in the stiff breeze and would have been even cooler without the jacket. A port course was set start out front of club, top mark in the middle and wing mark near the reef.

Hence the start was a little late. Pedro had a little gybe capsize near the start but being young and strong was able to right it pretty quickly without too much fuss. Hot Pepper having a free run basically circulated the course and had a ball. The 1st work being the most bumpy crashing thru the waves. With 100kg at around 6'7" leverage out on the wire you had to be careful not to drive the nose to deep into the back of a wave. The onshore waves making the conditions look rougher than what they ended up being on the water. Whilst a stiff breeze and plenty of wind stregth to go out on trapeize the day ended up quite manageable. With Pedro doing his own thing Hot Pepper was the only catamaran to complete the course without any misadventures.
Regards Hugh Lewis
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