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Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Tiger Maiden Voyage

This weekend was the maiden voyage of Fn'A. It was perfect weather of 12-15 with some bigger gusts.
It was a rush. I managed to flip it twice. Both pushing it hard. The first time was trapeze out with the spin up and the boat accelerated so quick it spun my footing out and flipped me off the back of the boat. The second was in the middle of a gybe and turned too quick and it threw my crew off the boat. Then the third time we were experimenting with weight placement going up wind and put the weight a bit too far forward we pitch poled and I landed in front of the bridals and my crew was hanging over the spin pole. I'm sure glad I got the soft snuffer not the hard one now, it would have shattered. Sunday was much lighter and I had a more experienced crew that I was training with a bit for the Steeplechase.
We did manage to earn a Turkey for a last place finish at the Turkey Shoot. It helps to keep the pointy end up racing.

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