This blog is a Diary of S/Y AquilaDeux, from Finland. She is a Swan 371 built by Nautor 1980 in Pietarsaari, Finland. Her home port is located in Särkkä, Helsinki. This blog is telling stories about her adventures in the Baltic Sea and ROW, beginning from the summer 2009.
Saturday, 7 August 2010
Eestiluodon Malja over
Look who is crossing the startline first! Perfect start!
The small race organized by Marjaniemi Yachting club called Eestiluodon Malja (the cup of Estonian Rock). Paritcipation: Skipper, Stidi the startegist, Dr.John the dr, Anssi A promoted immediately as a senior deckmonkey, Mikko M the chef and Vilppu the new Jungman.
The race itself started perfectly. First time in the sailing History the AquilaDeux crossed the start line as the leading yacht. We also kept the leadership until the wind came again down. But we managed to keep our position to the end arriving in the goal side by side with the other competitors. Fantastic perfomance for the old lady in low winds.
Only some small troubles with the spinnaker occured, but no major problem. we lost our final time maximum 1-2 minutes because of this.
Fantastic day, sun shined and the temperature was + 25 degrees.
Thanks for everybody for the participation. Position is still unknown, but whatever it will be. We showed with this crew that even an older quite heavy boat can move in the lower winds the same speed as its much lighter and more modern competitors.
Final position 5th in our class.
Arriving to the goal.
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