Winter 6 Pac Race Two

As I reported here two weeks ago, we scored our first win in the first race of the Winter 6 Pac series hosted by Pacific Sailing (www.pacificsailing.net). This past weekend we sailed in the second race of this series and did not score as well. We crossed the line in third place but corrected out to fourth place after taking the handicaps of the boats into account. Thanks to the crew of Larry Palmer, Liz Roberts, David Harper, Tammi and Larry Littrell and our helmsperson and co-captain Risa K. Scott.

We had good winds of about 10-12 knots out of the southwest which is great for Long Beach when you are racing inside the breakwater. After a okay start, we rounded the first mark in second place and sailing well close hauled. As we approached the second mark (or more accurately where the second mark should have been) we realized that the mark must have been torn loose in the recent storms and was gone. We rounded a replacement mark in third place as one of the other boats took a better line to the substitute mark. We started to close in on the second place boat as we beam reached to our third mark (Island Freeman) but were not able to pass them. After a close haul leg to the finish we then headed to Pacific Sailing Yacht Club to celebrate finishing the race and to toast the winner - Jim Merk. Congrats to Jim on sailing almost a perfect race.

Even though we didn't place as high as we would have liked - a good time was had by all.

Next race for Mille is this weekend when we race from Long Beach to Catalina on Saturday and then race back on Sunday. Weather is looking a bit iffy at this time, so wish us luck.