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Not the best conditions for racing a foiler Moth yesterday at St George’s Anzac Day race.

Things started off in pretty much a drifter, and then slowly improved through the three laps (plus the extra one done just for good measure).

Alan was first to foil in Phil’s Chainsaw. He led round the first top mark, followed by Luka and myself. I then had a good lead around the wing mark before Alan again led Roger (lowriding) around the leeward mark.

But then a nice bit of breeze on the next upwind allowed me to pull ahead and I led around the rest of the track, slowly increasing the margin with each leg.

So I’m pretty happy with how the boat is going. Still plenty of improvements to be made to it (and even more to be made to my sailing!), but I’m happy that I’m getting faster and faster each time I go sailing.

There was plenty of talk on shore about why the Bladerider was lifting earlier than Fastacraft and HT Foilers, and plenty of talk about Phil’s new P&B sail… though not really anything conclusive.

More racing at Balmoral this Saturday, and the BYRA marathon the following weekend. John should make the racing in his new BR provided his wing tramps and centreboard arrive in time.

And the sun is now shining for another day in the office.

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