Jon, Crazy, Orhan, Mike and Tyler set off from Hull YC at 4:30am. It was a chilly morning, mostly cloudy, about 45-50F.
Arrived at Cape Cod Canal at 1pm. Hit 11.2 knots with the current.
Exiting canal, chop and confused sea in Hog Island Channel. Wind blowing from the SW 15-20 knots. With sails up, head to Woods Hole. Arrive to Woods Hole 2 hours before slack tide. Crew decides to continue on to Hyannis. Big rolling waves in Vineyard Sound. Arrive in Hyannis as sun sets.
Friday May 23
Guys in Hyannis. Check in at Figawi registration and night on the town.
Saturday May 24
Lori, Charlie, and Derek arrive in Hyannis. Procession out of Hyannis Harbor.
Winds NW 15-20 knots. Mostly Sunny. Fleet D Spinnaker Class- start 10:41am. About 2 hours later, decide to put up spinnaker. Pole goes up and Lori runs spinnaker halyard around forestay. Lori leans on starboard lifeline, lifeline snaps, and MOB!!! She tries to hold on to broken lifeline, grabs spinnaker sheet but can't hold on. Thank goodness Lori had her life jacket on. Spinnaker pole up as VIVA tacked around. Two 40' boats bearing in behind us. Life sling goes out. Boats behind VIVA acknowledge MOB. Second attempt, Jon and Orhan pick Lori up out of the water with her offshore boats in hand. Race committee and Coast Guard begin hailing on the radio to check status of MOB. RC and Coast Guard check in with us. CG comes back a 2nd time and tie up for Lori's information and boat registration. Shortly, wind dies. Decided to bang the right side of the race course (current not taken into consideration). Finish race around 4pm. Drizzle as arrive into Nantucket Boat Basin. Tie up to Slip # 1039.
Lori, Charlie, and Derek arrive in Hyannis. Procession out of Hyannis Harbor.
Winds NW 15-20 knots. Mostly Sunny. Fleet D Spinnaker Class- start 10:41am. About 2 hours later, decide to put up spinnaker. Pole goes up and Lori runs spinnaker halyard around forestay. Lori leans on starboard lifeline, lifeline snaps, and MOB!!! She tries to hold on to broken lifeline, grabs spinnaker sheet but can't hold on. Thank goodness Lori had her life jacket on. Spinnaker pole up as VIVA tacked around. Two 40' boats bearing in behind us. Life sling goes out. Boats behind VIVA acknowledge MOB. Second attempt, Jon and Orhan pick Lori up out of the water with her offshore boats in hand. Race committee and Coast Guard begin hailing on the radio to check status of MOB. RC and Coast Guard check in with us. CG comes back a 2nd time and tie up for Lori's information and boat registration. Shortly, wind dies. Decided to bang the right side of the race course (current not taken into consideration). Finish race around 4pm. Drizzle as arrive into Nantucket Boat Basin. Tie up to Slip # 1039.
Sunday May 25
Lay day in Nantucket. Learn about "Figawi's First." First MOB in Figawi's history.
Tyler goes up the mast to take some aerial shots of Nantucket Boat Basin.
Dinner at Cambridge Street.
Monday May 26
We decide not to race back with one crew member down. Leave Nantucket Boat Basin at 8am. SW wind 20-25, gusts 30, seas 3-5 feet. Just outside of Nantucket harbor, we begin to reef the main. Rip at aft reef tie down grommet- immediately take down and motor across Nantucket Sound. Rough Seas.
Arrived in Hyannis as 1st and 2nd place boats finished. Decided to keep VIVA in Hyannis until the following weekend.
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