A-Log: At the dock for dinner?
Aurora, USA 50095
03 Sep 2011
Vineyard Race log
09/03/11, 1937 GMT
We’re 25 nautical miles from The Cows, then a right turn and 3/4 mile leg to the finish off the Stamford breakwater. We were without cell phone signal for hours this morning and I had several failed and frustrating attempts to publish my overnight blogs. Anyway we’re on port tack almost close hauled making 9.12 knots sailing 246, SW, on the rhumb line to the Cows. We’ve gained considerably on Blue Yankee in the last two hours. Latest fleet positioning puts them about 14 miles ahead of us. Decision is 11 miles back and it looks like we’ve gained about 7 miles on them … maybe they sailed into a hole closer to the north shore of Long Island. The wind speed just built from less than 10 kts to almost 17 and we had to change headsails to the medium No. 1 genoa. Next is to change down to the No. 2 genoa. It’s still too close to guess how we’re doing on a handicap basis. But if this is the ride home, we could be back at the dock for dinner.
Read more on the SYC’s race blog: http://vineyardrace.wordpress.com/
– Alden Bentley, Reuters
