Race 3
Colin Park
After an interesting race 2 where we were up, down,
sideways and confused, we made a game plan for race 3 based on what we thought
had happened the last leg of race 2. Plan
was to go left, work that side and NOT cross the middle. It seemed that, as the
wind died, the race area had pressure on both sides and not the middle.
Apparently our plan wasn’t the same as the majority as we got off the leeward
end with only one boat nearby and a pack at the boat end. The first weather leg
unfolded much like the next two. We sailed across on a good starboard angle, but
the boats to weather looked lifted inside. As we got to the shore, however, we
had more velocity and looked good. Bill Healy was with us and tacked early, we
thought, and laid the mark as we overstood and got there about 12th.
The run was somewhat uneventful except that we got a few boats by sailing
steeper angles and got to the leeward mark about 10th.
Next weather leg was about the same – sailing left, getting nervous –
coming in well at the end. The
interesting part of the race was the finish. We were coming in just a little
behind Lenny Krawcheck, Steve Hayden, Matt Burridge and Dick Hallagan.
The pressure had all been on the left but we elected to keep bow ahead on
port instead of getting stuck on the layline. Matt tacked on us but we punched through, wound up and beat
the pack. Bill Healy won the race
with Dave Peck second (way ahead), we were third, and Matt was fourth.
Three races in one day – we are done.
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