158th ANNUAL REGATTA presented by ROLEX: Race day 2

One light air race was our treat today. We were delayed onshore for an hour and then set out for the ocean course. We waited a little longer for the breeze once we got out there and then had a 2 lap race. We started to leeward of Rambler with a decent start and were able to force them to tack off. Rambler eventually got around us, and Shockwave rounded right on our tail. We performed a Sambooka at the top (which is a gybe set but set up as a bareaway set). The other boats did a bearaway set and gybed a few minutes afterwards. They were able to carry more pressure to the mark and rounded ahead of us. We fought back for the rest of the race trying to make something work but to no avail. On the last run, there was a tear on the leech of the kite. On the last gybe of the run, the kite split in half meaning we quickly had to get our back up kite up.
So the finish was less than desirable but we are learning about how to sail our boat in the light.
More races tomorrow but with still a light forecast.