Windsor Wednesday Race

This race was course 3 with a little favored on the pin side for a 7 knot weather leg. I wanted to start on starboard on the pin side and go to port as soon possible. 2 minutes before the start I ran the line on port and turned when I got close to Jayhawker on starboard. Unfortunately Merlin wanted to sneak in from the outside so I needed to duck him and then tried to jam it. Merlin was over early but it did not do us much good because I had to let the starboard boats (NM, Jhopper, and Flyin Irish) go by and then tacked to port. I felt at the time this was still favored since we were going down to DP8 to get in the current. They must of had a little more pressure on the left because NM still beat us around the pin. The following leg was a broad reach that got further back as we approached Mark A. NM stayed a little faster with their 3/4 and going a little higher. We did a Puerto Rican takedown and just got inside (after the pole was taken in) of an old IOR boat to enable us to pass them. The leg to CC was a fetch where we gained a little on NM. We continued on past CC where the wind speed dropped to 4 or 5 knots to get a little further down stream before tacking to get to DP7. There seemed to be more pressure on the island side so we tried to stay on the south side of the channel. Jhopper stayed a little more right and managed to tack in front of us where we were never able to make up the difference. Right at the end there was a little more wind on the left and Merlin almost caught up to us on starboard. Because we were a little further out in the river we continued on starboard when Merlin had to tack. That allowed us to finish before them.

This was a frustrating race because we could of done better but it did not pan out. A middle position is little like kissing your sister. The worst part is we lost to Jayhopper and I hate losing to Jay hopper.

COURSE 3 - 6.3 nautical miles
Start to DP8 (243o) leaving it to port
-then to A (091o) leaving it to port
-then to CC (291o) leaving it to port
-then to DP7 (251o) leaving it to starboard
-then to finish leaving DP5 to starboard.

Result: 3 out of 5 J120's
Link: http://www.wyc.info/regatta2005/WYC%202005%20Fall%20Race%205.pdf