Happy Crew starting the Sauna Session in Tallinn!
Aksu, Petri, Stidi, Pekka Jaska and Anssi
RACE Start 19.18.00 - No wind. While we started it appeared there is no wind at all. Luckily the new Apollo Sails had more square meters thatn the previous gear. On the first Quarter of the race we were even on the third position for a while (in our class LYS").
The still wind continued almost until the midnight. The we got more wind. Maybe there was a slight chance to change the Genoa for smaller one, or we just did wrong selection on the sailing route....
...We reached the finish line at 10.09 - 22nd position in our class.
Still satisfactory. At least we knew the quite heavy yacht can compete with the lighter ones... Jus need the right sails. Quite tired crew in Tallinn.
Before obligatory rest we enjoyed nice breakfast, incluading Caviar, Salmon, Jamon Serrano, French Pate...! Quite nice.
After the rest we moved to the hotel, where there was a suite with Sauna reserved for afterheat.
After traditional Sauna we directed to Telliskivi to enjoy the meal in F-Hoone. Still excellen place!
In the Sunday Moring we started the return trip to Helsinki, this time quite late at 10.45. There was quite high wind 12-15 m/s and Huge waves probably the largest ones were +3 meters.
The rain went away quite soon after the start, Everyone enjoyed of the sunshine!
Aksu took along turn on steering - good work!
The waves were sometimes really huge!
The ratios were very cleverly shared during the sailing.
Anssi's steering turn!
We reached home docks at 18.00. Excellent day.Top speed measured during the trip was 9,3 knots. We sailed only with the mainsail because practically wind was treating us directly from the western side. Good choice!
Thank you crew! It was again worth doing!
