So OK ... today we had the crew of Belle Faster J30 #537 on board and 11-year-old William decided that since the Vee Jay could do peels [one of apparently two J30s equipped to do peels] ... and since the 1.5 Xmas spin was starting to hang ... that his dad Michael and I should foredeck a peel to the .5 while he was at the helm.
... Duh ... this way William could get the record as the first J30 helm to do a spinaker peel, and first J30 peel with an 11-year-old at the helm. He also wanted to capture the Vee Jay boat record as the youngest helm to do a spin jibe, but that was too easy, but we managed to complicate it a bit with a little tangle from the 1.5 spin sheets just before we hit the beach, which we missed.
So let the record stand, until someone can come up with a prior:
1. first J30 Spin Peel ... Dec. 23, 2011 on Vee Jay J30 #505
2. at helm William Lusty, Team Belle Faster, J30 #537, 11-years old
3. Crew included Vic from Vee Jay; Terri, Sophie and Michael from Team Belle Faster.
Standard peel with .5 hoisted inside the 1.5. 1.5 then dropped to deck while .5 continued to fly.
Actually was quite a bit of fun and an ideal way to counter dropping wind during the afternoon.
