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| Made the mistake of going left after Kettle Point |
The Port Huron International 100 is actually 89 miles long. This year we got 5 J120s to sail the race. We started off the Sarnia YC. It was immediately a port run out to the outer buoy. I kind of goofed the start. I got under Hot Ticket before the gun but unfortunately had to sail above weather to get to the mark. That little mistake meant we rounded the next two marks the same distance behind Hot Ticket since there was no passing lane.
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| We followed Hot Ticket within a hundred feet for nearly a third of the race |
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| Flyin Irish and Irresistible before Kettle Point buoy |
At Kettle
point mark we immediately went to a port run, another bad
mistake. The weather forecast had called for the wind to more westerly
and we got on the wrong side of the course so the other boats that went right got headed on the northern part of the leg. Irresistible and Jayhawker
went right and at the next mark rounded ahead of us and HT. We almost missed the top weather broadcast buoy because it was .7 miles
farther south. At that point
it was trying to pass HT without success. The wind the entire race was in moderate air and temperature. We may of gained by sailing the right side of the river but by then it was too late.
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| JHawker and Irresistible tacking in front of the Blue Water Bridge |
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Final results are posted at
http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_detail.cfm?Race_Number=1&eID=328
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| Finish Line at PH |
The backing shift along the Canadian shore certainly suggested that the westerly jibe after Kettle Point was warranted. Apparently the shift along the shore was more shore effect than gradient. We also expected a westerly shift but were confused by the easterly back along the shore. J Hawker jibed six times between Kettle Point and the Wx Buoy. Irresistible Too jibed three times, the second jibe took her further to the east than any of the other J-120s. Props to IT for local knowledge.
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