Race Day 2 in Antigua
Today there were two shorter races, each about 15 miles. Again we were having a few problems and unfortunately tore our good spinnaker during a gybe down wind. We continued with the race but ended up in 10th place again and then between races Munch was on the sewing machine with Tomac frantically sewing the spinnaker while the rest of us ate a fast sandwich or two. They were still sewing as we crossed the start line for race two but managed to get it finished and packed back into our snuffer for hoisting. Again we had a problem and half way down the leg the spinnaker tore again and was not usable so again we were passed by most of the fleet. Windrose had a few problems at the leeward mark so we managed to squeeze past her and kept her behind us up to the finish so we got a 9th in that race.
After discussions with the sailmakers and crew we decided that repairing the spinnaker overnight was not an option so for the last day we will be racing without one.
The wind was again much the same boisterous trade winds and everyone had a great sail and the photographers had lots of opportunities with spray and water flying in all directions and boats sailing to their maximum.
Roll on tomorrow!
Phil