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Club Marine survived the 20+ NNE breeze yesterday with only a broken batten and a broken bit of shock-cord… luckily.

It was shaping up to be nasty day for us, with Waz filling in for Euan (who had pissed off to Miami mid-Nationals), and Matt filling in for Cam (who’d pissed off to Geelong to win the 12′ Interdominions mid-Nationals).

We could’ve done a F&P and taken the day off completely… that was definitely on the cards late Saturday.

But anyway, we made it out there late after a hasty batten replacement, then proceeded to capsize on the first bear-away 2 minutes before the start. We then had to keep the boat in the water while the fleet sailed around us just to make sure we didn’t wipe someone out.

As we trailed the fleet half a leg behind up the first work, John, Evan & Pete on Active Air rounded the top mark with a good lead on the fleet. It did go through my mind that it would’ve been much more fun to be on board with them at that point. Oh well.
After that it was fairly smooth sailing though, no capsizes until the last work.

We finished 16th, which is pretty poor - but not too bad considering what it could’ve been.

Unfortunately I don’t think Waz will be too keen to step back on board after being stitched up with an inexperienced bowman in 20+, so I might have to take the helm unless Clynton wants to step on.

At the other end of the fleet, Seve and the guys on 7 continue to improve, leading most of the race, and finishing 2nd by only 6 seconds. They’ve definitely taken the campaign to a new level and anyone else is going to have to match them if next season isn’t to be a complete walk over.

Interesting.

And Euan didn’t appreciate the 2am text from Herman on appliancesonline.com.au saying we’d broken the rig…

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