In the following port tack upwind leg, we rode the wind as best we could staying ahead and above the newer design boat. Finally, they fell off the wind and bit and tacked away. Was remarkable to us both the extended period of time that they sat in our bad air. On this leg we were lower than both LinGin and Argo, but faster than Argo. Argo tacked away rather early, denying me the reference for boat speed and point that they provided when nearby.o
In the end, all three Albergs (LinGin, Argo, and Constance) had to tack from port to starboard and back to port to finish. LinGin finished ahead of everyone. Argo being higher than Constance even though behind, was able to cross our line by about a boat length after we tacked from port to starboard about two boat lengths short of the finish, tack inside of us, sail directly to windward of us, and then tack inside of us one more time to finish on starboard about one boat length ahead.
Had we held on port tack longer, rather than tacking about two lengths before the extension of the finish line, we might have been able to force Argo to tack below us, as had they crossed they would have been above the committee and as windward boat would have been unable to alter course to come down below the line in order to finish.
Our relative lack of point compared to the both LinGin and Argo may be due to the oldish Interrupt main. In this breeze, the backstay was set to 2.5, the traveler was all the way up, the main sheeted in rather tight with all telltales flying and a bit of weather helm causing us to pinch a bit. Perhaps that was the problem as well, that we had too much weather helm for the weather where any weather helm causing rudder deflection disturbed our abilty to point.
The wind seemed rather unstable, shifting direction in particular, and to a lesser extent strenght. Made driving quite challenging. The lower telltales were steadier than the middle ones. The middle would lift some 45* while the lowers flowed directly aft. Trying bringed the car one hole forward to ease the foot and tighten the leech, but Jim believed that the previous setting was better, so we changed back.
Jim is good, most likely better than I. Active, keeping an eye open for what's going on aboard as well as looking over the fleet. Definitely a good person to have aboard.
Finishing order: 244, 247, 262, 550, 272. Did not compete: 411.
T2P.tv video with Alberg 30 footage at 9:15 to 9:35.
GPX formatted track. Estimate distance: 4.73nm, estimated average speed: 4.2kts, estimated duration: 1:07
Weather buoy data is suspect. Repeatedly saw 17 and as much as 19 on the wind instrument. In the T2P.tv video, Ashley mentions 15 knots during the ORC 1 start at timestamp 1:31.
