Loosing Less

a club championship race today in perfect breeze. A consistant SE 18kts gusting to 20. The first race in foiling wind I have finished and I seem to be loosing by less.

I got the boat foiling nicely upwind but still got no idea which angle to sail down wind. Whenever I try to hot it up and bear away I loose the pressure in the rig and it becomes rather unstable in heel.

Foiling in amongst a fleet is so much fun. Slotting into gaps between a chain if optmists while doing 3-4 times their speed is extrordinary.

Narkla and I took it out in a gusty westerly yesterday. Patchy with gusts up to 18. Narkla has set a new best speed on the boat of 18.6kts and claims, on his first decent sail to have pulled off a foil gybe and a fast foil touch foil tack. I wouldn't know I was at the crab island bar.

My gps is boned. The foretrex 101 battery compartment has leaked and the terminals are very corroded. I have heard others have had this problem. It's a pity it's a great unit and cheap.