Windsor Wednesday Race

This race was course D with an even line with the wind maybe 20 degrees from behind. It was a port start with a code 0 launch. Because the true wind was behind the line I wanted to be by the committee boat side and slide down the line launching the chute early which we did. Unfortunately we could not seem to get enough boat speed so most of the J120's rounded the first mark in front of us. We gibed around the mark and continued on a starboard tack with the code 0. We continued to go slow when Mike revealed to me that we had attached the sail on backwards. This explained the slowness and flogging. At this point we put up the head sail and switched to the AP spinnaker. We rounded mark B tied for last place where Jayhawker did a mexican takedown so he tacked while we continued on starboard. Merlin was on the same tack ahead of us so at the first opening I tacked to port. I tacked again at the near layline on starboard at mark A. The next leg was again a close reach with the code 0. We stayed low on Jayhawker and Merlin and managed to inch them out at mark D. The next leg was a windward one where we stayed on port and then tacked when the it was evident the boat ahead was slowing us down. We tacked on port later and went to the layline of DP7 since it was further down stream. We managed to stay on starboard a little past DP7 and tacked in front of Flyin' Irish a little to windward. We managed to hold her off the rest of the way down the river and took 2nd. The only brilliant thing I had to say about this race was they managed to pull this out of our butts after such a problematic early race.

COURSE D - 7.2 nautical miles
Start to D (309o) leaving it to starboard
-then to B (081o) leaving it to starboard
-then to A (187o) leaving it to starboard
-then to D (296o) leaving it to port
-then to DP7 (212o) leaving it to starboard
-then to finish leaving DP5 to starboard.

Result: 2nd out of 5 J120s
Link: http://www.wyc.info/regatta2005/WYC%202005%20Fall%20Race%204.pdf