A nice day for sailing
/The Red dot is Zenji
Day 3 Around the Island the Wrong Way
/Oh no Even less wind..Again we had a decent start and at the bottom corner we were alongside Zenji and that is the way it stayed for the next 4 hours while the whole fleet sailed by. Dang that 500 tons.. It was great however to sail with such a terrific group of people. We actually sailed the boat better than ever this regatta and the new ratings and the new courses penalize us quite heavily. I guess 4 time a winner was not going to happen. however We did ourselves proud and won the only trophy we could possibly have competed for ...The perini Navi Cup.. For the 4th Time
WOO Hoo well done to the Whole Rosehearty Team
Day 2 Wiggly Course
/Another light day was ahead. We managed to get a good Start with Spinnaker drawing and Mizzen Staysail up. We sailed well passing Zenji our sister ship that had started 5 minutes ahead of us and worked our way into the lead by the last mark....But it was to be a 3 mile beat in less than 10knots and 500 tons takes a bit more than that. By the finish 1.5 hours later we were back in 4th! However we go in to the last day in the lead in the Big Girl class...Something to sail for..
Day 1 Race around the Island
/We had a very good start but We were in the lighter range for us. We sailed a reasonable upwind and a very good downwind leg. We have this new offset mark 3 miles from the finish and we had to beat up in a dying breeze to the Finnish and had 2 boats higher and faster pass us to place us in 3rd. But a great day on the water..
Day 4 Practice
/Another great day on the water. 2 practice starts. Checked the furler and off gybing down wind with the big A2 and Mizzen Staysail.. Back to the dock by 1500 and final prep for tomorrows race around the island..
Day 3 Mechanical
/on day 2 we heard and felt some changes in our genoa furling system and it was getting very hot.
So we did a little house work on board instead of sailing. The Race crew stripped and re built the Harken sailing winches while the Engineers and the Perini Technicians Stripped the Furler to check bearings a big job.. We ordered new bearing and had them flown in but the originals seemed fine. We topped with clean oil and re assembled and it tested better. A nice (expensive) dinner at L'Isola finished off the day. From the right Rosehearty. Q, Visione, Zenji, Rebecca
Day 2 Practice
/Out again early and some more trials on the sails before sailing the final days race followed by 2 practice starts. We had a great day on the water. We used the Bigger spinnaker the A2 1600sqm
