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Hope - What a difference a day makes ——Hope Log #38



Well, early watch this morning, I saw the news that we were in last place, or close to last place position wise in the Rally. Some part of me wouldn’t or could not accept that. What could we do? We were sailing wing on wing with minimal speed. Our best speed came by gybing back and forth over the rumb line. That was adding extra miles to the passage.

Since the start last Saturday, I have been starting the day with new thoughts on how to trim our sails. Each day, looking and thinking of what to do. After seeing the position report, I had to come up with something new. Today we set up our wing on wing combo but added our small stay Sail to the mix. Next we tried to hold our course that allowed the wind to propel Hope to between 120 and 160 degrees. We paid more focus to sail trim and position and “Wella” we have Hope sailing better. We look forward to seeing the new position report in the morning. I know we will still be in the last part of the fleet, but my fingers are crossed that we will have some fruits to our labor.

Other then the increase in speed, we had a great day.

There is always Hope!



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