Vic-Maui Yacht Race - Delicate Balance's story



6:42 PM Wed 14 Jul 2010 GMT
'Delicate Balance tacking - Vic-Maui Yacht Race 2010' Vic-Maui -
Vic-Maui Yacht Race - Delicate Balance withdrew from the Vic-Maui race due to high winds and equipment failure. Here is their report- We got off to a good start, and were ahead of Red Sheilla and Starlight Express at Cape Flattery. For the first 2 days we sailed fast and made excellent progress. A tactical error was that we sailed 15 degrees south of the rhumb line, which took us into a gale which the more northerly boats skirted. By day 3 we were in 30 knots of wind with gusts a high as 40 and seas ...


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