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Surfing Petrel - First day at sea!



Surfing Petrel and a host of other ARC boats left the marina in Las Palmas under a glorious blue sky, watched by enthusiastic crowds on the breakwaters. The forecast was for an upwind start, followed by more upwind. But the seabreeze had a go at filling in, meaning a painful drift across the start line, and a couple of hours of slopping in fickle breeze. Eventually we reached the southerly wind, and have been beating ever since, tacking along the shore of Gran Canaria. Lots of boats around, and just to leeward we have Haspa Hamburg, a red German boat with almost identical rating. The race is on! (strangely enough, some of the Surfing Petrel crew often race in the Class40 fleet, and our favourite enemy is a red boat skippered by a German...)
Miranda

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