The good, the bad and the ugly. Great breeze all day allowing the RC to get in another 3 races. We actually got 3 pretty good front row starts. Conditions (wind @ 280 deg, slight counter current) favored the right side of the course all day. The only problem is finding an upwind lane to get there.
In the first race, we did a pretty good job of finding our way right. We rounded the top mark in the top 15 and were able to pass a few boats on the run. About ditto on the second lap and we finished 10th (out of 31, we think that's good).
In the second race, we were not quite as good establishing ourselves upwind and ended up 17th (thata's bad) in a tight cluster. Interesting -- the average race time for the 4 legs was right about one hour. The maximum finish spread for the 31 boat fleet was under 3 minutes. It was really close out there.
Race 3 - Before the start, we saw significant pressure on the left side of the course. We went left on the first beat with about a third of the fleet, including some really good people. Unfortunately, the course was still right side favored and we rounded the top mark DFL. We did pick of 7 boats on the next 4 legs, but we never recovered from the first beat and finished 26th (that's ugly).
The sail back to the SDYC, which is about 4 miles upwind or on a close reach was pretty hairy with gusts to 27kt. A sailmakers delight. To top off the day, I took one step beyond as were were rafting the boat and ended up in the bay. After a hot shower and a couple of Mt Gay tonics, things did look a little brighter.
Two races on the docket for Sunday and then we pack up the boat for the trip north.
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