The race was pretty normal for the N2E.  Wind at the start was southwesterly, so close reach, getting lifted as the afternoon goes on.  We set a chute late in the afternoon and kept it up through the finish, although peeled to the ¾-oz in the morning as the wind picked up.  We did about five total jibes. In the N2E, it’s not unusual to do many jibes and several sets, douses, and peels as the wind comes up and goes away, so not as much sail handling as usual.
 
Wind was light at times during the night, and large shifts.  We tried to sail our polars, balancing the best course to the finish.  We passed about three miles outside the Coronado Islands early morning, finishing about 2:00 PM.  According to the tracker, we sailed 129 miles, which is just 4 miles over the handicap distance.  In our class within a class of Schock 35’s, one boat finished ahead of us, by about 6-7 minutes corrected time.  Interestingly, on the tracker, they sailed around 10 miles father than we did.  They went slightly further offshore near San Diego.  We ended up fifth of the 14 boats in our class, ranging from the Schock 35’s at the higher rating end to several 50-footers at the low end.

Full Results:  https://scoring.nosa.org/results

Submitted by Larry Leveille, owner of 'Uncle Bob'