Flaming Lips - Ross 830

Epic race yesterday perfect conditions for Flaming Lips with a light beat followed by a strong Nor-westerly for a awesome send back from the marine farms. Off the start we had a very light northerly however as it was forcast to build and knock slightly we positioned ourself slightly to the north/upwind of the fleet. However the breeze couldn’t make up its mind and swung nor-easterly with 5nm to the farms instead of the forecast knock. This worked perfectly for us as we were able to make use of our extra height by hoisting the code 0 and rolling over the fleet to leeward. The breeze continued to swing further aft meaning that we needed to hoist the A1.5 in a nice peel. As we neared the marine farms we could see the Div 1 boats ahead had sailed into a hole and shortly afterwards with no where else to go we sailed into it as well. The “hole” turned out to be a convergence zone between a southerly and the forecast nor-wester which was particularly frustrating as we could see the nor-wester breeze line just a mile away on the other side of the marine farm. After a difficult battle to get around the marine farm with light and variable breeze we came out on top with Kokomea close on our heels and bootlegger and zest missing out on the breeze by