Travessia Baía Regatta Day 1
This was the first time I had entered a regatta. About 30 boats from Aratu Iate Clube and other clubs in the area had entered.
At 10:35 I dropped the mooring and motored off to the start line off the entrance to Aratu inner channel.
At the start boats were tacking back and forth to gain optimum position at the start. At around 12:10 we were off.
Travessia Baía Regatta Day 1, Start line.
Kiriwina is not built for speed and fully loaded for cruising, as she is now, she is slow in light winds. The bigger faster boats disappeared into the distance. The course involved tacking to a point just north of Salvador harbour then steering for a point north of Ilha Itaparica.
By the time was approaching reached the first checkpoint the committee boat had left position and was proceeding to the finish line. I got to Itaparica in the dark long after the others had finished and this despite having to motor sail some of the way. At anchor off the marina I decided not to go ashore.
At 10:35 I dropped the mooring and motored off to the start line off the entrance to Aratu inner channel.
At the start boats were tacking back and forth to gain optimum position at the start. At around 12:10 we were off.
Travessia Baía Regatta Day 1, Start line.
Kiriwina is not built for speed and fully loaded for cruising, as she is now, she is slow in light winds. The bigger faster boats disappeared into the distance. The course involved tacking to a point just north of Salvador harbour then steering for a point north of Ilha Itaparica.
By the time was approaching reached the first checkpoint the committee boat had left position and was proceeding to the finish line. I got to Itaparica in the dark long after the others had finished and this despite having to motor sail some of the way. At anchor off the marina I decided not to go ashore.