Day 3 Home of Jazz

Mixed conditions with winds between 15 and 25 knots. I kept the jib up
and adjusted the main (approx 10x reefs in and out). In the evening more
settled winds from NW. I received some nice messages from frieds ashore.
Great. I was completely surprised by the quality of the boil in a bag
dinner. Frech cuisine! Great stuff from RTW foods. Some 30 minute sleeps
during the night. 2 reefs in. Dawn is breaking later, since we are going
south. In the morning 1st reef and exiting handsteering. All well on
board. Cheers!

Fast sailing during 2nd night

Two reefs and a working jib, all night. Max wind on board Home of Jazz
34 knots true. Not so much trafic anymore since we passed the continental
shelf. Apparently Home of Jazz is listed in the wrong class. Should be
class 1 and not 2. Three sails at the horizon so the race in pretty close.
Repaired 2 hanks of the jib that got stuck. Put the sail back on because
nasty looking clouds are approching.

Bricolage

THis morning all kind of technical issues, including chafe on 2
halyards. Now racing again in N 27kts. Working jib and 2 reefs. The
strong wind will continue the coming night.

First night

The start was wonderful, with many spectator boats and a crowd on the
shore. In stead of the expected NE winds, we had light headwinds with
strong effects from the land. Very tacktical. I was happy to see that I
could stay with the pack in class 4 in these conditions. Home of Jazz is
the smallest boat in its class. During the night the wind started to
turn to notherly directions. I hoisted the small gennaker, to anticipate
for the stronger winds in the forecast. The gennaker could stay up until
04.15 when I broached repeatedly. Now in about 20 kts and .. rain, so I
will take another quick 20 minute nap. All well on board Home of Jazz

Last preparations

Today I started with a list of works on the boat, before going to the Race Briefing at the RCYC and the weather briefing. The weather is just unbelieveable: winds from the north for the next days. So far I have only seen headwinds, so this is a major change for me.
My right ankle has suddenly swollen. I fell down a few days ago while sailing. Bartel on Woofies Toys is a docter and has taken a look at it. e wasn't looking too happy, so now I am a bit worried how this will develop.

Falmouth

After repairing the broken mainsail car in Dartmouth, I had a good night sleep and left in the morning for Falmouth. The wind died out but picked upagain later from the NW, finally, and I came in before dark.
Today provisioning, tomorrow work on the boat. And tonight the welcome dinner, where I will meet many friends and other sailors. Really looking forward to that.

main sail car

yesterday i broke one of the cars of the main. Pulled into Dartmouth . Now repaired and on my way again.