[Sonar] Paralympic Team Captain Hook at Newport

[Bert Foster]

Hi All,
We are back from "The Paralympic Pre-Trial Regatta" in Newport.  We 
were 3rd and feel we had a great regatta.  The new Sonar (#757), 
Captain Hook, was a rocket ship.  When we had the sail trim and rig 
right, we were faster than the first and second place boats.  We led 
them in many races and crosses, then messed up tacks, pole sets, 
jibes, and had technical boat issues.  All these will be corrected 
with practice.  Our brand new team had only a few hours of practice 
before the regatta.

The first day we showed boat speed, but had many issues and were 10 
to 25 boat-lengths back at the finishes.  The second day we were 1st 
to the windward mark, had great boat speed, again issues, and were 
passed on the last down wind (jibed too slow) and once were 
overlapped at the finish.  We were in the hunt.  The last day, the 
last race, we were 2nd 5-8 boat-lengths ahead of 3rd and caught 
the1st place boat at the finish from 8 boat lengths back at the 
windward mark.  We finished just 3 ft behind the first place 
boat.  We were better each day.  We are extremely excited about our 
prospects!  Take a look at the races on <http://<kattack.com>/><kattack.com>

We are having an information meeting on Saturday at the WYC after the 
last Commodore Cup Race.  We will have pictures from Newport and 
Kattack showing the Newport races on the wall.  Stop by and see what's up.

Regards,
Bert




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