The schedule was changed last night with us starting an hour earlier and 3 races planned. The forecast was for about 15 knots.
We were one of the first ones on the race course this morning. We warmed up sailing upwind in somewhat lighter conditions. We started the first race in about 15 knots starting at the boat and tacking immediately. We seemed to struggle finding our speed and good lanes. We finished 5th.
The second race had us in a good mid line start with clean air. We led most of the race only to get passed on the second half of the last run, giving us a 2nd. We seemed to have some decent speed in the light pressure of 10-12 knots. But we got stuck in the bottom right corner downwind and struggled to find a lane back to the finish.
In the third race, all boats were pushing the line hard, setting up at about 1:20 with lots of time to burn. We were in the middle leeward part of the line with Quantum to leeward of us. We pushed hard to leeward to avoid an OCS and were able to squeak out a clean start going fast. We led around the course with Quantum really pushing us and almost even with us on the last beat. But we fought hard and were able to win the race.
Tomorrow is a light forecast. So stay tuned for more.
Doogie
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