2008 Hangover Regatta

About 20 boats were rigging up, two of our Harve de Grace friends made the drive to join us New Years day. Once we arrived near the power plant winds began to pick up. It was very gusty and shifty, which made sailing difficult. Winds were coming from the west so the windward mark was set near the cove of Marina Towers. And the leeward mark set near the channel by the Navel Observatory. By the time we were making our way to the leeward mark, it had drifted precariously close to the dock off the Observatory, so close a patrol boat appeared and shooed us away. The RC moved the mark out of the channel and changed the course to three times around instead of two. The wind built as the day went on and got shiftier. Boats when over left and right. Eric broke his traveler block, but managed to scavenge a replacement from the RC boat. In the last race Erich's mast broke going up wind. We completed three races and the RC called it a day. Perfect timing because I thing everyone was exhausted.

Channel: Sports
Uploaded: January 4, 2008 at 4:22 am
Author: PRSAlaser

Length: 04:14
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Tags: boat  laser  potomac  PRSA  racing  river  sail  sailing  

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