SOPS 2103 Race 3
So the Short Ocean Points Score (SOPS) race 3 was a big day for us. It was the first race with the new (to us) second hand spinnakers from the boys at Onesails. We were taking them for a run to see if they fit and we could use them on the new prodder.
Inshore Series 2013/14 update
Sorry I have been a little slack with the updates on this series, I have had a tendancy to wait until there is lots to tell and then do a bunch of updates. Then I found out most of the crew just want more regular opportunities to read about themselves being awesome, and our family and friends just want to quickly find out how we are going without wading through lots of stuff.
Crew rotation
Blog style redesign
Well you asked for it ...(at least some of you did), and here it is! The new blog style layout which means you see the latest stuff right on the frontpage.
Offshore fleet newsletter 1
Bob Bennet of "So Farr" and Chris Grant our Fleet co-captains have put together the first "unofficial" Offshore Fleet newsletter. I will post links to this and future editions on the siite for you to read.
New Sails!
Go faster, point higher, heel less, look better. Those were pretty much in order the reasons I wanted new sails. The crew had been doing a pretty good job of getting to know the boat but it was clear to me that the sails were slowing us down. The shapes were busted, the sails were delaminated ....badly in some cases (The main and Light #1 in particular).
Patonga Beach 2013
We had some friends down from sunny Queensland a couple of weeks ago and decided since there was no racing on the long weekend that we would dust off the good sunglasses and fill up the esky for a trip over to Patonga Beach Hotel.
Nose Job
Yep as the title suggests High Anxiety has had a nose job! (Or should that read Bow Job?) Either way our great friends at Northshore Marine Group have finished work on the prodder and it is now attached to the boat. This is another project ticked off our wishlist and we will now set about acquiring some new (or used) asymmetrical spinnakers to wrap around the fore stay.
SOPS 2013 Race 1&2
Video inside!
Here is an introduction and synopsis of the first two Short Ocean Pointscore Series or SOPS for Short! Our first video is below under Race 2 and the gallery is below the results. I think you would have to agee we have two of the of the finest looking trim and pit crews in the game. Stay tuned for more video in the weeks to come.
Islands Race 2013
What a fun day out! An unexpected second place to back up from our first place in very windy conditions on Saturday. All in all a cracking weekend for us.
