Re: [Cal_Boats] Master Mariners Regatta -- racing advice wanted

I seek the advice of a better racer than I. I passed my competitor at the last mark and rounded first. It was a beam reach or a broad reach, I can't recall. He went high. I followed to cover for a while but remembered he pulled this two years ago on another boat. They sailed way off cource in what looked like a tacking duel but must have been just zig-zagging given the wind direction. He passed and won. Not wanting the same fate, I headed toward the finish line and he passed me. So much for that strategy. It worked out OK as we dipped their stern and passed and went on to win but clearly I should not have let him pass in the first place. I really don't know what I should have done. So my question is, how should I have defended??? Allen On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Michael Robinson <mi… [at] hotmail.com > wrote: > > > Congrats Allen, nice going. I'm sure Latitude will post some good photos. > > *Mike* > ** > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > From: al… [at] PaloAltoPhoto.com > Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 09:26:57 -0700 > Subject: [Cal_Boats] Master Mariners Regatta > > > > Saturday was the 2010 Master Mariners Regatta. The L-36s raced 1 design > with 4 boats on the slightly longer than 15 mile course around San Francisco > Bay. We decided to use a 130 jib but changed our mine with 10 minutes to go > and switched to our 155. That was finished with 2 minutes to go and with > little time to get it together, crossed about 30 seconds late. Terrible > start. We passed one on the first leg and the next on the second. The lead > boat has won this race every year they have entered. They are very good. We > gained on them on every leg, playing the current well, and passed clear > ahead just a couple of boat lengths before the last mark. This is the first > time we have out pointed our main competitor, sailing higher and faster. > After the mark, they went above us on this broad reach final leg and made > some nice moves we didn't counter correctly and they passed us. We saw an > opportunity with them looking at an oncoming schooner and dipped there stern > getting on there wind. I think our bow cleared their stern by less than a > foot. She would point us up, then fall off, then point us up. They did > this repeatedly. We had our main trimmer call out what their jib trimmer > was doing so we could anticipate their moves and we passed them just as we > passed the rocks at Treasure Island, which they took us uncomfortably close > to. They took a flyer at the end while we went straight for the line > which stretched out our lead to 13 seconds out of the 2.5 hour race. With > the lead changing 3 times in the last 20 minutes, it was very exciting. > Papoose finally got the gun at the finish. > > Allen > > > > ------------------------------ > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with > Hotmail. Get busy.<http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5> > > >