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On Sunday 6th July 2025, I raced at Largo Bay SC on an Entreprise for the open regatta. I was due to help in the galley and the trolleys. I did the former but one competitor needed a crew. Therefore, I helped out as a crew. I have never sailed such a boat before. Needless to say that I struggled all day. The sailing conditions were not great i.e. showers. Light to medium wind with variable direction. We had a very decent start on the first race and we arrived second at the first buoy. Then, everything went wrong. We slowly went backwords and finished 9th out of 9 boats although one has retired earlier. Our second start went wrong very quickly as we lost the wind and we had to do 2 penalties turns. We never recovered from this bad start. In the 3 race, we had again a decent start and arrived third at the first buoy. Unfortunately, like our previous races, we went backwords. Although we were the heaviest crew, our mark roundings were poor and therefore we lost a lot of placed because of that. It was an experiment but I will not buy an Entreprise any time soon.
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On Sunday 6th July 2025, I raced at Largo Bay SC on an Entreprise for the open regatta. I was due to help in the galley and the trolleys. I did the former but one competitor needed a crew. Therefore, I helped out as a crew. I have never sailed such a boat before. Needless to say that I struggled all day. The sailing conditions were not great i.e. showers. Light to medium wind with variable direction. We had a very decent start on the first race and we arrived second at the first buoy. Then, everything went wrong. We slowly went backwords and finished 9th out of 9 boats although one has retired earlier. Our second start went wrong very quickly as we lost the wind and we had to do 2 penalties turns. We never recovered from this bad start. In the 3 race, we had again a decent start and arrived third at the first buoy. Unfortunately, like our previous races, we went backwords. Although we were the heaviest crew, our mark roundings were poor and therefore we lost a lot of placed because of that. It was an experiment but I will not buy an Entreprise any time soon.
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