This morning we awoke with nervous anticipation of what was going to happen on our watch. The previous night we learnt that we were still first in our class, and that the finish time for the race had been brought forward due to the adverse winds. As it turned out we had very little time to wait as we were waiting the tall ship behind us to tack. When she did this we tacked to cover her. And so began the endless trimming of the sails and halyards to make sure that the boat was travelling at the fastest speed possible. Once this was finally over we just had to sit and wait for the end of the race and for the commands from the captain.
This was a long wait with very little activity as the wind did not vary very much. So little trimming of the large square sails that power the tall ship along through the water was required. At 1600 the captain gathered us on the main deck an told us that we would have to wait and see what the results of the race were.
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