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Hi All,<br>
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. <br><br>
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
<a href="http://<kattack.com>/"><kattack.com></a><br><br>
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.<br><br>
Regards,<br>
Bert<br><br>
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