All week the prediction for the weekend was light winds, and so it happened.

Saturday there was a gentle breeze of 8 knots, which finally allowed us to do some sailing. The last time we were on the water was 12th of December. We practiced our boat-handling and did some speed trials with vanUden-TuDelft.

Sunday the start was postponed for one and a half hour. Luckily a steady 6 knots enabled the committee to start. After a general-recall we were on our way to the first mark. Our boat speed was good enough to hang on to the 40ft boats, and we were second at the upwind mark. Downwind our light displacement and large spinnaker proved its surplus value in light winds. We made a good tactical move on the right and were first at the downwind mark by almost three minutes. The wind shifted and the upwind mark became a close haul reach.

The last downwind leg the wind decreased a bit, but we were still able to maintain a steady speed. By now we lapped some boats in our class, who were struggling to reach the first downwind mark.

Just before we finished the organization cancelled the race. Although we weren't really happy with the decision (we certainly would’ve won), it was good decision for the fleet.

Thus we started the engine and went back to the harbour. There we put the boat on the trailer for our trip to Monaco next week.

Photo by: Leo Eggink ~ IJspegel.com