Race Results

On Sunday, November 22nd, we raced in the 8th and final race of the Carl Anderson Memorial series in Long Beach. As part of the crew we had Dave Lyon and John McAllister plus Bill Beaver joining the crew for the first time this season. Thanks to all for a great day of racing.

The winds were light at the start as they usually are but right after the start we headed out towards the Long Beach breakwater and the winds were steady in the 10-12 knot range. In addition to ourselves, we had "Wine Down" a Catalina 32, an Olsen 30 and a 27 foot trimaran. Although PHRF is one of the better rating systems even it doesn't square up racing when you have a rating range of 100+. In reaching and running to make the first mark we made good time and were in 3rd place at that point. The downwind leg was slow and particularly uneventful. Racing in the non-spin class almost assures that if you have a downwind leg, it is going to be slow. The last leg was a reach back to Marker 39 (the usual start marker for Shoreline Yacht Club) during which the boat and crew performed well. After rounding the last mark and heading for the finish line, we had better wind and were able to close haul to the finish with two short tacks thrown in to avoid pinching into the finish.

We placed third overall on both order of finish and the corrected results after the PHRF handicaps were applied.

Thanks to all of the crew that raced on Mille Onde for her first races. We all look forward to some good racing next season.

Happy Holidays to all