Monday, November 21, 2005
Bay wins Cajun Country Championship
Bishop's Wind Adjuster comes through in Cajun Country Champs
Eight boats sailed in the 2005 Cajun Country Championship including four past champions. Pelican Yacht Club hosted the event on False River November 19th. Three races were scheduled and the fleet was to return to the club after one race to enjoy the jambalaya being cooked during the race by one of PYC's members.
Bishop, who likes the light shifty stuff, with Tom Baker crewing, took the start in a big lefty and had Luther Carpenter in thier bad air. Luther immediately tacked away and cleared his air, while Bishop waited a bit to get up to speed. When he tacked back, Luther had punched nose out by three boat lengths as the breeze moved back to the right and opened up a 200 yard lead on the first leg of a W2. As Luther rounded, the breeze died and he decided to sail a high angle to the right.
Bishop noticed a line coming off the opposite shoreline and chose to jibe-set. The breeze filled and sailing around Luther, he built up a 10 boat length at the leeward mark. From this point, it was by the book, covering upwind and staying between Luther and the finish line downwind.
The fleet sailed in for lunch in the dying breeze and never returned to the race course, so the regatta was over.
// posted by BWYC member @ 10:23 AM 
