Beaten but not Bothered

The last twilight of the season saw us again reefing, one reef this time, and out into very gusty, shifty winds. We struggled a bit, only four on board and me having been at the office Christmas lunch! And we were buggered up by another boat that hit the Birkenhead mark (but then didn't do a 360 turn - we know who you are) and then again at the mark off Cockatoo where a boat that had finished forced us to tack while they were mucking about with pulling down their headsail. Not happy Jan. But it was a fun if hard sail at least for the crew, thanks Laine, Michael and Karen, winch wench extraordinaire. We came 13th! out of 16, two of who didn't finish. And 11th out of 18 in the series, having missed 4 races. When we get more drops in the second half we will do better - I hope.