16-18th of August Helsinki-Tallinn race 2013

 This year we participated in LYS  2 class. The goal is first of all get over the finish line and secondary to beat S/Y Sunday where the Skipper's bro sailed. Our start was 19.38.30 and SY/Sunday crossed the start line at 19.49.00.

The start went fine (or we thought so). Five minutes after the start we managed to get the kite up and we probably won two thre extra minutes by using it. The first leg from Start line to Helsinki lighthouse went OK. As always the results are done in the dark night between Helsinki and Tallinn lighthouses.

This time after passing the lighthouse we continued with the W-SW wind until the wind shifted. The timing of the turn was perfect. Directly to the Tallinn lighthouse. We arrived in the finish line at 04.10. Our position was that time the 26th. The night was very bright and the visibility was excellent. Wind was also favourable for us (7-10 m/s) and the old heavy boat also behaved well in the waves.

 

 In the morning we checked the result list and noticed that we got a 25 minutes penalty from too early start (2 seconds!). Luckily it dropped us only four positions and in the end we were 30/39 participants. Even with the extra 25 minutes we kept S/Y Sunday behind.

 

 On the Saturday evening we had the traditional grill-party with the S/Y Sunday crew. A lot of fun!

 On Sunday the 19th we started at 11 with a race with S/Y sunday back home. Fantastic day. Sun shined and we had a possibility to sail with spinnaker over 7 hours.

Finally we moored in home port at 11.00. Next year a we race again.