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Jul
18

Racelog 18/7/09: Didn’t Break Anything

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Strong northly breezes provided challenging racing this week. This was the first decent breeze that I had the boat out in. The biggest news is that I didn’t break anything on the boat and everything pretty much held together.

The first couple of laps I took it relatively easy and made sure the boat was going to hold together. Once I was confident that the boat was working well I then hiked hard and worked the boat upwind. Surprisingly the boat worked well and nothing went wrong.

By the time I was pushing the boat hard I was well back in the fleet. In the last couple of laps I got a number of places and was able to keep the boat upright throughout the rest of the race.

While I hadn’t broken anything a shackle that I replaced in the morning was a bit bent out of shape:
Bent Shackle

It shouldn't be bent like that

It shouldn't be bent like that

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I'm Luke Tupper and I am a software Developer residing in Melbourne Australia. Working with iOS, Android, MacOS and backend software (Python and Ruby). When not building software I can be found sailing, cycling or hiking. I also help run a sailing program for high school students and I am qualified National Judge and National Umpire in sailing.

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  1. Tony September 17, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    Hi, what part of your Impulse was the bent shackle connecting to? It seems to have been under a bit of pressure (understatement)

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