Race 4 (Final) Bolder Back series

Arriving home Saturday lunch time from Samoa to the lowest fall of snow this winter wasn't funny.
My original plan to race the last race seemed a little silly to me trying to keep warm inside was hard enough but sitting outside on a boat in this weather was stupid.
A text out to check crew weren't too keen? as they replied I was pleased to see not available, GOOD.
Except one, Steve, he pointed out we were leading the series and only needed an average result to pick up the trophy, but only 2 of us, then Mitch agreed to sail so that was it, off with the singlet shorts and jangles, on went the thermals, 2 of everything in fact.

At briefing we were informed the Glen mark was still missing so we would do a Wednesday night course which meant more spinnaker hoists / drops. Great 3 handed?

A good start kite up and clear air in 6-8 knots of southerly, Blackout had started much further down the line, came up, and started pushing us out to sea, Geralda also got tangled up between as as we caught up.
The rest of the fleet were running flat and or gybed working up the middle of the course.
We couldn't get away we couldn't get across their bow, not enough room to swing inside their stern?

Eventually they gybed, we followed suit in one of the best gybes we have ever done, the kite remained full all the way through.
The breeze had dyed a little which to our delight we were spot on the lay line to the next mark, we  were tucked in nicely inside Blackout for buoy room at the mark until we got a little extra puff of wind which they took off on, C V a little sluggish in execrating trailed Blackout around the 1st mark, Wild Thing, Geralda,  Ballistic a wee way back battling for 3rd.
That was pretty well it for the rest of the course, Blackout opened up to win by a big margin, another big gap back to 3rd.

Handicap = Blackout took out 1st we managed 2nd and the overall series win
Thanks Steve & Mitch for talking me into it, It was a good day, and night catching up with everyone at the club, I was only away 2 weeks but it seemed longer, Still missing Samoa though