[frers-list]Southern Cross wins ALIR, Doublehanded

Tue, 3 Aug 2021 20:03:35 -0400

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Brian, nice job.

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> On Aug 3, 2021, at 7:50 PM, Brian Higgins <brian@sailingit.com> wrote:
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> If anyone thinks our boats don=E2=80=99t still have the ability to win som=
e races (albeit with a little luck against big asym boats having almost no C=
Z or asym reaching legs on the whole course), Southern Cross won 1st in divi=
sion double handed and 3rd overall against all spinnaker boats this past wee=
kend in the 207nm Seacliff YC Around Long Island Regatta with average wind s=
peeds throughout the race over 20kts.  =20
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> The race was actually the final leg of a 10 day ~800nm trip for us which a=
lso included a less satisfying 6th place finish in the Edgartown Around-The-=
Island race around Martha=E2=80=99s Vineyard (it was really light wind & eve=
ntually found a hole allowing several boats to sail around before we got mov=
ing again), and various stops along the way including Falmouth & New Bedford=
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If anyone thinks our boats don=E2=80=99t still have t=
he ability to win some races (albeit with a little luck against big asym boa=
ts having almost no CZ or asym reaching legs on the whole course), Southern C=
ross won 1st in division double
 handed and 3rd overall against all spinnaker boats this past wee=
kend in the 207nm Seacliff YC Around Long Island Regatta with average wind s=
peeds throughout the race over 20kts. &nbsp;&nbsp;
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The race was actually the final leg of a 10 day ~800n=
m trip for us which also included a less satisfying 6th place fin=
ish in the Edgartown Around-The-Island race around Martha=E2=80=99s Vineyard=
 (it was really light wind &amp; eventually
 found a hole allowing several boats to sail around before we got moving aga=
in), and various stops along the way including Falmouth &amp; New Bedford Ma=
ss and Block Island.
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