This was to be a 2 race windward leeward series. The first race was set in about 6 knots of air with the committee boat favored. I knew that there would be a crowd at that end so I decided to come in on port and find a slot and tack in the starboard boats. Unfortunately Ihnsanity snuck in on my port side with a little more speed. It was obvious we had to bailed and tacked. Because I believed that the wind would continue to shift right I continued to work us to the right side of the course when possible. I was very successful at that so the wind filled in and shifted to the left and left us in 5th place at the top mark. We did a near perfect race to the finish but we could just no catch up enough. Night Moves and Merlin had bad last downwind leg and we nearly caught them but still finished a boat and a half behind. We were supposed sail a second race but it was canceled due to the black storm clouds forming to the north and west. So we never had a chance to redeem ourselves in spite a near perfect crew performance. Just another typical day on Lake St. Stupid.Result: 5th out of 5 J120s
Link: http://www.drya.org/race2006/Results/dy
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