We had a great race onboard the Corsair 28R trimaran Flight Simulator. Conditions were light at the start and our course to the first mark was dead downwind. This forced us to carefully play our VMG angles downwind and gybe on every major puff and wind shift. As night fell, the wind increased and our course to Key West brought the wind angle forward. While the monohulls struggled to carry their spinnakers and were eventually forced to drop them for a Code 0 or Jib-Top, we kept on flying with our Screecher. We finished at 05:39:37 Thursday morning, the second multihull across the line. When all the boats in the multihull division finished, we corrected out to first place in Multihull A division, first place Multihull Overall, and our navigator Richard was awarded the Navigator's Trophy for the Multihull division. It was a great race (but cold), we hit 18 knots, and everyone on the boat had a lot of fun. Here are a few photos from before and after the race; I brought a waterproof film camera for the race. Unfortunately, I couldn't get my film to rewind and was only able to shoot one roll of black and white.
The Screecher (a large jib/Code 0 sail) on its roller furler and tacked to the bow sprint. We raise it only when needed to reduce windage and weight aloft.
Ron packs the spinnaker.
The Head of the Department of the Interior, Richard makes sure everything is stowed low and aft in the main hull.
Getting one of our only instruments, the Tack-Tic compass, mounted.
At the dock in Key West after we got a few hours of sleep at Tom's condo.
Flight Simulator (left)on the trailer next to another 28R at the Trumman Annex in Key West.
The after-awards party at The Green Parrot. It appears here that Richard is taunting the guys on highly modified Corsair 31R Cheekee Monkee. These multihullers sure know how to have a good time!
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