RACING
Words by Will Holt and Jimmy Lewis
Plymouth – Falmouth – Fowey Triangle 2009
Drama Queen
Race Report
Drama Queen closing ther finish line – Pic by Peter Lilywhite
Day 1. Plymouth – Falmouth
The début event for Drama Queen, a Dazcat 1150 still fresh from the launch
out into the lightly rolling sea. Minutes
party only a month earlier. The 12m cruiser/racer catamaran set out for the
after the final start the breeze swung
start line just off the breakwater in the Plymouth Sound, one amongst 59 boats
through 180° and appeared around the
preparing for the 9.20am start, with bleak and unpromising conditions of thick
Rame Head Peninsula, which led to
fog and water still as a mill pond. Fortuitously the fog lifted as the start neared,
some deep tactical debates, pork pies,
bringing light and changeable conditions and a cloudless sky. The forecast was
a cup of tea and three sail changes
for light N swinging SW later in the morning; this was to prove to be a tricky leg
before the course was chosen. The
due to the constantly changing conditions.
tide was pushing into Whitsands Bay
and flowing against Drama Queen, but
Over the line perfectly on the gun, with the kite flying, Drama Queen got a good
this was where the breeze was lying
start but was quickly overtaken by Trinnian. The first leg to Falmouth looked
so Drama Queen headed into the Bay
like it was going to be a downwind run; hitting the line on port the fleet moved
to maximise the tidal advantage. This
28 MULTIHULL REVIEW : JUNE 2009
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