I am starting to feel like Kelowna has moved to the south end of lake Okanagan. Today was the fourth week in a row with strong breeze. Conditions were much more manageable however, only hitting 15 knots a few times over the course of the evening. We were happy to welcome Belazs to our boat. He will be joining us in the pit and brings a solid sailing background to our crew. On tonight's course we were served SAPCXCF with a steady 10-15 knots out of the South. We had a good clean start just a little below the favored pin end, unfortunately giving J and Ghost Rider just enough room to slip in to windward. We held a steady pace on the first beat managing to match the lead boat's speed rounding 3rd just ahead of ShadowFax. Rounding the offset mark at A we went for the hoist but had a little difficulty on the set. We gybed as quick as we could but had traveled considerably downwind forcing us to sail as high as possible with the kite all the way past Sutherland Bay. Once we cleared the shallows we could finally bear off to a more comfortable angle and again rounded the P mark 3rd. We sailed a solid race for the remainder but unfortunately, with no further spinnaker legs, we did not have quite enough get up and go to make many gains on the larger genoa flying boats. We crossed the finish 3rd behind the usual 2 suspects but due to the large amount of reaching tonight do not hold out high hopes for stellar results. We were very fortunate to have Aaron Leskosek onboard with us tonight. Together with Alan Barnes they offer the only club based coaching available. Much can be gained by having a very experienced set of eyes on the boat and big gains can be made with crew work by using their service, I think very highly of them and recommend you call them at 778-931-1444 to take advantage of what they offer.
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