Olivia, Yariel, Lucy, Kris, Moon, Kelly, Monika, Wol and Ella came yesterday to our first Mini Transat Test Race in 2024 with the Mini Transat 1.0 on our course St AR – MT650 – 1 with wind from North and 21 knots. The wind variants were light with shifts +-5°, gusts 10% and a cycle time of 120sec.
The conditions of the sims were quite average and got a laggy when the LCC joined the area.
Yariel got disconnected once, came back and finished. Kris got the wrong wind and stopped the race after we noticed it. Sorry Kris it was my fault, because i thought i checked all boats at the start, but i must have read your wind wrong.
from left: Olivia, Yariel, Lucy, Kris, Moon, Kelly, Monika, Wol and EllaThe music comes today from:
video 1: Bob Marley & The Wailers – Stir It Up
video 2: UB40 – Bring Me Your Cup
video 3: Bob Marley & The Wailers – Punky Reggae Party
course: St AR - MT650 - 1 with wind North and 21 knotsThe start and the first leg looked already like an exciting race and makes really curious for the next races while the sailors will improve more and more.
You can see the differences during the turns with the handling and the timing of adjusting the boat settings for the new leg. This boat has only some thin spray lines when it is foiling and much more spray when it is fully in the water. This is a very good indicator to see the differences and explains a bit the different speeds of the boats. The more you foil, the faster you are and the more ahead you will be
The fleet spread out already a lot on the upwind legs to buoy AN via buoy ON and then i needed nearly the full speed on my board to fly between the sailors.
The story of the race is quite easily told. After Kris stopped her race because of the wrong wind Kelly took the lead and extended it more and more. Yariel and Ella followed her until Yariel got disconnected later and fell back. Monika won the duel with Wol. Yariel could keep the lead against Olivia after her disconnect. Lucy and Moon followed a lot later.
Sorry that i missed the finishes of Kelly and Ella, while i was flying around.
After the first racers came back from Degrand Island the LCC cruise crossed the race area. The good work of Kitten at the cruise briefing paid off and the cruisers let the racers pass very fair. They were only complaining a bit about much more lag. But that is normal with so many boats in the same area.
So big thank to Kitten for her briefing and an applause for the behavior of the LCC cruisers.
I don’t think i can say much more about the race itself and i think the result of the first test race isn’t really that important. I am sure it was more important that all had fun, enjoyed the course, the race and meeting here and some of the other racers on the course. Please just enjoy the videos and if you will watch them after the next races as well i am sure you will notice the improvements of all.
Mini Transat Test Race 1 with Isard Mini Transat 1.0 at Saint Aubrey in 2024 - Part 1 including the StartMini Transat Test Race 1 with Isard Mini Transat 1.0 at Saint Aubrey in 2024 - Part 2Mini Transat Test Race 1 with Isard Mini Transat 1.0 at Saint Aubrey in 2024 - Part 3 including the FinishA big thank to all, who came yesterday to try this very new boat already in a race and congrats to all for the already very promising performance. I am very sure we can help you at St Aubrey a lot with your understanding and learning the boat better. Just come and ask us.
in our new AfterRaceBar built by HakiriaHere is the result of the first test race:
01: 2024-04-14-St AR – MT650 – 1 – N21:
1: KellyWine Resident ID135 – Race Time: 0:31:20
2: eleanoragain Resident IDTQZ727 – Race Time: 0:34:57
3: Monika Skydancer IDWNJ129 – Race Time: 0:36:02
4: Wol Euler IDBS060f – Race Time: 0:37:25
5: Yariel Wildrose IDCHQ573 – Race Time: 0:38:32
6: oliviamoroe Resident IDRQI140 – Race Time: 0:39:05
7: LucyInTheSky Afarensis IDNOQ229 – Race Time: 0:48:07
8: moonglownight Resident IDmoon – Race Time: 0:51:06
9: kristaly Resident IDK019 – Not Finished
Lap Times:
KellyWine Resident ID135 – Start: 0:00:06 – Last lap: 0:31:14
eleanoragain Resident IDTQZ727 – Start: 0:00:07 – Last lap: 0:34:50
Monika Skydancer IDWNJ129 – Start: 0:00:38 – Last lap: 0:35:24
Wol Euler IDBS060f – Start: 0:00:18 – Last lap: 0:37:07
Yariel Wildrose IDCHQ573 – Start: 0:00:22 – Last lap: 0:38:10
oliviamoroe Resident IDRQI140 – Start: 0:00:39 – Last lap: 0:38:26
LucyInTheSky Afarensis IDNOQ229 – Start: 0:00:19 – Last lap: 0:47:48
moonglownight Resident IDmoon – Start: 0:00:13 – Last lap: 0:50:53
kristaly Resident IDK019 – Start: 0:00:01 – Last lap: Not Finished
Stay all safe and healthy and i hope to see you all back next week on the same course St AR – MT650 – 1 with wind from South West and 21 knots. Take the chance to come and practice with us during the week and learn the boat better. You will see it will let you enjoy sailing it a much more.
hugs and kisses
Bianca♥
P.S.: Lalia has a new website for you all to tell her about some bugs and suggestions to make her boats better: https://isard.rwy.pub/
Just register and help her to make her boats even better.
Saint Aubrey Sailing Community 
Much yet to learn… 😉 My fault as I’ve made only two practice laps. Anyway Moon is so green with this boat as myself so we’ve met many times during the course. For sure it is a fun boat even if complex.
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Thank you very much for your video Lucy. It helps me to much to give you some tips to try next times:
You will see if you manage those 3 things better you need more tape to keep your hat on your head. More tips after the next race video…
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Well what a race! First of all I was delighted to see a god turn out and a god crowd to come see the new boat in action.
I had a poor start but i was excited to see that even with bots around on larger sails, if I was sailing “just right” i could thread my path. Im glad to see a more realistic wind shadow so there is no longer a huge “airwall” holding me back. I still had to be careful to avoid it and it was useful to use it to gain positions but its no longer as powerful as in “other” boats.
So i managed to reach 2nd place and was comfortable there until I came into contact with the LCC cruise. Now they didnt hit or directly interfere with me but i suddenly lost connection the moment they came into view.
I scrambled back but I was lost… I had no navigation points. I could not orientate where i was and for some reason the boat acted weird for the first 30 seconds as i could not get any speed out of it. I tried in vane to just follow a racer so could orientate myself and get wind compass back in operation but with so many LCC around me, I could not see who was a racer and who was a cruiser so I lost vital seconds or even minutes here. I did eventually get sailing at speed again and managed to finish but even though i suffered with this disconnection thoroughly enjoyed the race and cant wait for race 2 !! here is my video.. I hope you enjoy as much as i did racing,
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Would help if i added the llink!
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great video as well Esme, but you need to check more, if you have the right traveler position and the the right keel position for the flat boat. The S.factor at 2.0 is normally ok, but if not made with the optimal input of all parameters (T, Keel, sheet angle) it will become a bit unstable and then you loose speed.
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interesting.. i will talk to you later in more detail on this. I mostly go by sound.. there is a slight change in the howl if you get it right.. of course that might just be me and i have no idea hahah
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always great to read your blog. See your pictures your music makes me feel like I didn’t miss anything. Thank you Bianca for always doing your best.
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