was able to do what it does best, and
Sloop Tavern Yacht Club's
began to rumble and make speed. At
the Double Bluff buoy, the winds came
up to about 15 knots, and as we were
Race To The Straits
double handed aboard a 53’ boat, we
really considered a change down to the
#3 jib. But recognizing that Artemis’ #1
is a beast to strike, we opted to stick
with it.
Not long after we made this
decision, parading with others toward
Point No Point, the wind dropped back
to a more manageable 10-12 kts and the
boat settled down. Passing Kingston,
we overtook a bunch of boats. It felt
great seeing all the people we never
saw on Saturday! Deciding when to
cross back to the finish side was about
the hardest decision we had to make all
day. We could see Neptune's Car getting
“Runner”, a Ranger 26, and “Lady L”, a US 25, at the buoy at Double Bluff Point. bigger behind us, but we really felt that
if the wind held, there was not enough
Double handing on the Andrews could do to stay ahead of them. Finally, racecourse left for her to catch us.
53 Artemis, we knew we were in for a at the north end of Marrowstone, we As we got closer to Meadow Point,
tough day when arrived at the Shilshole gained some breeze and were able to we suddenly realized that there were
starting area around 9:30 am and had close reach to the finish. Anyways, our only a few boats in front of us. They
trouble seeing early starting race boats real goal had been to get to the party. were led by the first overall Mark Brink
up north. Also, the breeze was obviously Seriously, as far as we were concerned, on Ladybug, the C&C 115 Elusive, and the
dying where we were. On top of that, there were only six boats racing, because J/109 Tantivy. Dropping into standard
we were hampered by our decision to that is how many we saw around us Monday Night race groove, we tacked
sail in the NFS division. headed upcourse. along the Golden Gardens beach and
Whine, whine. . . we followed the Sunday brought a change of fortune. were amazingly lifted to the finish line
normal course and crossed towards We motored out into what looked like less than a minute behind the second
Kingston before making our way four knots of southeast breeze. As our place boat. It had been a great day of
across the Sound to Double Bluff. It start approached, it became evident sailing!
was frustrating to see Neptune's Car in that this was real wind which stuck by Nigel Baron & Christopher Butler
the double-handed flying sails division around long enough to get people past Photos by Jan Anderson
creeping up on us. There was little we Marrowstone island. Finally, Artemis Results on following page
Ron Radko's David DeLanoy's C&C115
Corsair F28R “Fortuna” and Darrin Towe's
“Trillium” sailing Melges 32 “Wicked Wahine”
off Double Bluff each sailing in a double-
Point. handed class.
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