What a regatta! Mostly downhill, lots of islands to negotiate, fickle winds and ghosting in the dark, but fun. And we were over the moon with our result.....3rd overall in our class, ORC Club, out of 34 boats and 2nd in our division of 12 boats. Lots of spinnaker work and Saskia worked her butt off. Bob and Grant shared the helm and even Judy got to do a leg in gusty conditions and across the finishing line! Iris was the star trimmer.
We all had to get to Nisos Samos and the harbour at Kalavasi is on the north west of the island, difficult in strong northerlies. Kinabalu arrived a couple of days early, Kiwis Iris and Grant came on the ferry from Athens via Mykonos and Saskia flew in from Iran via Germany!!
Samos to Leros (50nm), Leros to Nisyros (40nm), Nisyros to Rhodos (52nm) and a 12nm coastal race in Rhodos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5lETIVSfM
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