port klang to pangkor
We started the race in very light winds and alot of tide thankfully the 3 knots of tide was taking us in the right direction off the start line. it was a tricky start as if you were early you would have had little chance of returning to the line.
we had a really good start right on the pin thanks to blackies magic (nick blackman) on the bow we were heading our division up the coast not a great position to be in since it is our first time here and we were ussure about the famous fishing fleet here and how far their nets extend.
so within the first hour we witnessed 1st hand one of these nets. it got well caught around our keel and rudder and we were forced to use our newly crafted net cutter!!!
this proved valuable however i still had to divve in to chop the remaining clump free of the bulb. once this was done we got underway again.
the night was hard work as we changed between our jib and masthead gennaker, in the dieing breeze. untill 3 in the morning when things really shut down for the night.
we ghosted along doing between 0 and 2 knots through the water as the tide was against us for a long time.
as the sun started to shine through the haze of the malaysian coastline the wind picked up and we started to move in a nice little 10 knot breeze. as things started to heat up the wind died again leaving us 2 miles from the finish in a tide that was sweaping us right to left past the finish. we decided to head away from the finish line in order to stay uptide and give ourselves a better chance when the wind picked up. this tacktick worked out well and we picked off 5 places in the last hour off the 23 hour race.
our result for the hard nights work was 6th on corrected time, had we not had the issue with the fishing net we think the leg could have been ours for the taking. good local knowledge for next year.
keep posted for the next leg results. (should be a good opportunity for me as the owner stu has some work to do and the helm has been passed over to me.)
We started the race in very light winds and alot of tide thankfully the 3 knots of tide was taking us in the right direction off the start line. it was a tricky start as if you were early you would have had little chance of returning to the line.
we had a really good start right on the pin thanks to blackies magic (nick blackman) on the bow we were heading our division up the coast not a great position to be in since it is our first time here and we were ussure about the famous fishing fleet here and how far their nets extend.
so within the first hour we witnessed 1st hand one of these nets. it got well caught around our keel and rudder and we were forced to use our newly crafted net cutter!!!
this proved valuable however i still had to divve in to chop the remaining clump free of the bulb. once this was done we got underway again.
the night was hard work as we changed between our jib and masthead gennaker, in the dieing breeze. untill 3 in the morning when things really shut down for the night.
we ghosted along doing between 0 and 2 knots through the water as the tide was against us for a long time.
as the sun started to shine through the haze of the malaysian coastline the wind picked up and we started to move in a nice little 10 knot breeze. as things started to heat up the wind died again leaving us 2 miles from the finish in a tide that was sweaping us right to left past the finish. we decided to head away from the finish line in order to stay uptide and give ourselves a better chance when the wind picked up. this tacktick worked out well and we picked off 5 places in the last hour off the 23 hour race.
our result for the hard nights work was 6th on corrected time, had we not had the issue with the fishing net we think the leg could have been ours for the taking. good local knowledge for next year.
keep posted for the next leg results. (should be a good opportunity for me as the owner stu has some work to do and the helm has been passed over to me.)
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