Started with our normal pre-race brief at 0900. We're looking for a firm sea (lake) breeze at about 120 degrees today with pressure in the 10-14 range.
We got a great start in the first race today. Had to hold a position for about 30 sec pre start and then press down to a slot that we had cleared under us. We cranked up at the gun and had a pretty good lane to the left (which we wanted). We ended up on Judd Smith's weather hip and were actually able to hold the slot for almost 7 minutes before having to tack right for another lane.
Blaine had us work the favored left side most of the beat and we rounded the weather mark in 18th, I think. The run was kind of a jumble, but we managed to hold our lane to the leeward gate. We found that it's really important to drive downwind to the last minute rather than relaxing and getting set up early for the roundings.
Our upwind speed continues to be good. We have been sailing the LM2 jib and carrying the rig in a pretty soft mode. The lake today was really flat, which made for relatively sane upwind driving.
We lost a couple of boats and ended up with a 21st for the race.
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