Day 3 Started light, we were a few turns below base. By the end of Race 1, it was blowing dogs off chains. As predicted, the big air caused many teams to self destruct. Unfortunately we had a few issues as well. Jibes were all good as were the take downs. It was a set that we had an issue with and a couple of times on the run, we came off plane and then got hit with a big gust. That set us on our ear...once it coincided with a big wave which sort of broke (as much as a 3-4 foot swell can break) on us as well. For a split second I thought we might be swimming.

Remember jibing a bit too late onto starboard so that we were not on top of the leaders coming up on port but below/on them. Remember sailing past Ullman below him, and he saying "thank you" Top speed on the speedo was 17.8 knots. The new spin halyard started slipping, and we parted the sheath on the jib sheets trying for that last 1" of trim. In general though we did great for us. Awesome team work and with a bit closer attention we can put together a clean race that will put us in the 40s for a finish.

Some numbers from Brian Hutchinson of Team Pegasus on line lengths for the Melges...
Jib sheet 55' with 4' taper; Main halyard 53'; Spin sheet 75' with 9' taper; Tack line 35' with 12' taper