This is just a very quick post to say well done to John Alison and his crew aboard his J109 Jumbuck, for posting a convincing win in IRC3 on the RORC Cervantes Race. Not only were they 1st in IRC3 but they were the highest place British Boat in IRC overall.
As poseted before, John has had a set of Flattens in his jib for some time now, and they still seem to be helping him along which is great to hear. After this RORC race, he said
"....Have to say, the new furling battens we had in our headsail were probably a factor in keeping us underway. The AP No 3 shaped up so well to differing halyard and sheet tensions, we were often able to do better with the AP than the two bigger sails in sub 3 knots of breeze....."
"....Again, beating with the AP and new battens, plus perhaps picking the right shifts to move us further into the bay and out of the tide, saw us do ok. We overtook that high tech yacht (probably with the smell of spam and eggs drifting downwind from our breakfast fry up) and as the results showed, we took out of a few other boats also..."
A good day at the office! You can read more details about his sailing here.
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