We stepped back to White Sails at the start of the season, and that was the right thing to do. We need to master two sails before taking on a third.
We had three goals this year :
- a top 5 in DBSC, regularly mixing it up with Persistence and ACT2 ... the first part of the season ended last week and we took first in ECHO (29 boats, 8 races with 2 discards - first with 16 points where the next boat had 29 points) and first in IRC (13 boats, 8 races with 2 discards - first with 8 points where the next boat had 10 points).
- a top 3 in the ICRAs (Irish Cruiser Racer Nationals) White Sail (Corinthian Cup) ... we managed a first in ECHO with 4 straight wins, and a second on IRC with 4 second places (to White Lotus who was brilliant and had 4 firsts - well done Paul).
- a top 5 at CORK WEEK ... well that's the week after next. There are currently 20 boats entered in our class. We move the boat to Cork next weekend. There is a lot of local boats so I am not sure how we will manage against local knowledge. I am reading everything I can about the area in advance. So that's the next big target - A top 3 would be great (see www.corkweek.ie)
We are still not working and taking full advantage of the wind shifts, but are managing to get goods starts and work hard to find clear air.
For a quick view of the team in action see link below : Video of ICRA 2014 - Warrior in Action