leg 2 rajamuda pangkor to penang

Leg 2 rajamuda pangkor to penang.
We started the race well winning the favoured pin end of the line, we timed our start to perfection and were the second boat to tack off and cross the fleet and start heading for the first headland. The wind was very light and the boat was doing a mere 3knots through the water.
We managed to keep her rolling and got into some nice wind a little further offshore.
We decided to stick to the rhumb line as the wind was building we thought that we could get to the next headland in time for the inevitable nighttime shut down of wind and switch to the land breeze where being stuck offshore doesn't pay.
A serious thunder cloud started to build up and we began to be affected earlier than we had anticipated, the wind increased and clocked around 360 degrees the rain came down in truck loads and the thunder heads crackled overhead.
As the storm passed over we were left with no wind and stuck a little too far out to see, one competitor the 2 foot longer super duper slipped through us but we were soon in hot pursuit. We chased them down under gennaaker and had a kids torch fight with them as we trained the beams on our gennaker to trim it to perfection trying to ease out every inch of speed from our boat. We managed to pull up behind them and started a luffing duel which they responded well to.
We cam back down onto course then went high again, once more super duper was up to defending her slim lead. So we came back to course this time only 5 meters from her stern. Without saying a word we gave each the crew the sign to roll over them one more time and this attempt was successful. Super duper was caught unaware. From here to the finish they sat on our windward hip not letting up an inch. The breeze softened and we were lifted as we came closer to the island of penang. This meant one more gybe into the finish line and a good result for the team. 3rd place on corrected time.