Transfusion Farr 40 Racing

Over the past few weeks, I have enjoyed a bit of time away from sailing my laser, and have gotten back into the Farr 40 racing for the remainder of the Australian circuit.

The first regatta back was the Sprint Series held out of the CYCA. This was a two day regatta, and follows a slightly different format then the normal Farr 40 regattas: the races are shorter, and racing was held inshore on the Sunday. It was a bit of a rough event for team Transfusion as we had not sailed together as a crew for quite some time. We ended up 5th overall, but came away with some good takeaways from the event.

The following weekend, we raced the Australian nationals out of RSYS. After a bit of boatwork during the week, and the crew hiking significantly harder, our boatspeed showed considerable improvement from previous regattas earlier on in the season. This certainly reflected in the results as we were sitting second after the first day of racing. We had the same scores on the second day of racing, and went into the final day on equal points with second. On the last day, Tom Slingsby, the boat's tactician, did an awesome job of getting us off the line and putting us in solid positions around the racecourse. We ended the day with a 1,4,1 to win boat of the day. Unfortunately, it was not enough to catch Kokomo, who sailed consistantly at the front of the fleet for the entire event. We ended up 2nd in the nationals, and 2nd on the Australian circuit-a great way to end the boat's first season!