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| Charles |
The race was a pursuit and as usual we were the last Miura to start but the 1st to finish. Wind was Westerly to begin, rounded no2 and Gary poled out the Genoa, a 1st for him and he saw how easy it is!. Running down to Milnerton we passed 3 Miura's as we stayed in the wind the longest, unfortunately a number of the lighter faster boats passed us as we neared Milnerton in the dying westerly. At Milnerton we got a fresh South Easterly and rounded avoiding incidents and headed back to no2. By watching the yachts ahead we took a route more to the left and managed again to stay in the South Easterly as long as possible and were well positioned as we close no2 and moved into the Westerly again. We overstood no2 which was a good tactic, as Ava the only Miura still ahead of us tacked too early and dropped below the mark and had to tack back, while we almost reached into the mark. We rounded ahead of Ava and as the Westerly died they caught us up but we managed to hold position and get into the South Easterly first and we broke away and headed to the finish. It was a great Chen victory, again proving we are able to beat the best with slick crew work , good helming and smart tactics.
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