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_21 February 2011
__Extreme Sailing Series - Oman_
Regattabericht von Artemis Racing
Well, it was a different day today. In the days leading up to the racing, it
certainly felt like all the days had been pretty similar. Sunny, warm,
fairly flat water and 8-14 knots of wind. We were starting to feel pretty
comfortable sailing the Extreme 40 in those conditions (even though we are
newcomers to the class). But today was different. It was cloudy, very lumpy
water and 15-22 knots of wind. In fact, the race committee made all of the
teams reef their indexsails before the first start to reduce sail area.
Today was a reminder that we are still learning these boats and this style
of racing. We had never done a race with a reef in. Or raced in big waves.
We certainly learned a lot today and the price of most of the lessons were a
few places here and there. The result is that we are 5th overall, but still
within reach of the lead group. We definitely sailed below our potential
today, but we will show some form again before this event is done.
An interesting incident today. The company responsible for capturing the
onboard video gave me a 10 minute lesson this morning on how to turn on and
operate the camera that is mounted on a carbon fibre post on the transom of
the port hull. They made it clear that it was critical for me to turn the
camera on for all the racing and treat the camera like gold. Approaching the
top mark of Race 4 today, Team "NiceForYou" misjudged their distance when
trying to go behind us. The spinnaker prod on these boats extends well
beyond the bows of the hulls. As they came hurtling towards us, I saw Terry
duck at the last second as this huge carbon prod went flying over his head!
It was a well timed duck, as I think his head would have rolled off if he
hadn't! Then the prod continued it's path across our trampoline. It
miraculously did not damage any part of our boat, or crew, but as it left
the back of our boat it smashed that camera right off it's post. I just saw
this little device flying into the ocean, never to be seen again. I thought
to myself: "What a waste of time that whole on/off thing was!"
So it wasn’t the greatest day for us today, but it could have been a lot
worse. Decapitation fits into that category.
Tomorrow we begin three days of "stadium racing". We actually have no idea
what that means, but we know one thing for sure: We need to be ready for
anything! And we will be!
Morgan Trubovich
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