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11 November 2013


HERZLICHEN GLÜCKWUNSCH rumskib!!! GEFELICITEERD kroppyer!! GRATTIS number1!
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This was the fifth running of this brilliant round-the-lighthouses race on Lake Superior and for the first time in this high-resolution weather environment, SOLers had the benefit of decent strength winds. Accordingly, our podium are to be congratulated for beating off their competitors and for arriving at the finish some 7hrs 11mins ahead of the best previous time. BRAVO!!

Race Report from kroppyer
I am told we sailed round the lighthouses in record time. As this is the first time I participated in this race, I wouldn't know in what conditions this race was sailed in earlier years. However, it doesn't surprise me that this was one of the faster runs. The winds were very favourable. Although at least twice the twa predictor line suggested the wind didn't want us to get near the mark, after a tack at the right time you realize the wind is shifting so that you don't have to sail directly upwind or downwind in the next leg.

As for the top 3, I've been a bit behind number1 and in front of rumskip up to Caribou Island, then things got scrambled a bit. rumskip, fast as he is, began to gain places. I got stuck in a fishing net (I did something stupid with my course and went 100 degrees the wrong way for some seconds), and dropped to 7th place. I while later, number1 accidentally tacked too soon, and lost hist first place to rumskip, who didn't let go of that first place for the rest of the race. number1, trying to get his lead back, took a risk in the next leg (to Passage Island light) but it didn't pay of. I had about the same strategy as rumskip, which brought me back to second place after Passage Island light. Little changed as we approached the finish.

I imagine the crew of our boats had a great time in the wonderful race, they maybe even took some picture of some of the lighthouses, if not all.
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