by Capt. Flak » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:28 pm
The timing was off just a bit on that one. I had it hard over but did not ease the sheets fast enough. I called myself and did my turn. That was just one of several missteps I made as did many others. The wind made for a one beat leg to the weather mark, but only if you could get high enough to cope with the right hand shift at the mark. Sometimes you nailed it and other times it nailed you. Everyone jammed up at the pin end of the line for the starts. For the most part they were clean as there was no way to get a starboard start. But when the wind would shift just a little, the few that would try a starboard start would run down the line a destroy your hopes of a good start. Many forgot that S had right of way after so many port starts, and would spell disaster.
Still it was a fairly clean regatta with few arguments. Very challenging conditions with the unfavorable wind direction and sun glare on the water. Richard did a great job. Hats off to him.
Joe Walter #24