Regatta Report
5/17/2006 - Day 7 ISAF Games
Today began with a brief and intense rain storm. The breeze filled as the
clouds cleared and by the beginning of the race it was close to 20 knots. We
got a good start at the pin, and trucked to the left side of the course. We
were about mid-fleet at the first mark, but mainly, we learned that our
start was a little too good and we had been disqualified for premature
starting; scored OCS, last place!
In race 2 we got a clean start near the committee boat end of the starting
line. Unfortunately, we were boxed out from the first left shift, and were
mid fleet at the top mark. We passed several boats with an early set on the
reach, and as we rounded to the run we saw a giant cloud barreling down on
the course, with wind and rain. We set our-selves up in a safe lane, and
before the worst of it hit, we pulled off our gybe. Boats behind us were
starting to capsize, and we were nearing the bottom mark in 10th place. But
as we were taking down our spinnaker, the halyard released too early and we
ran it over, leaving us parked and swamped. The rest of the boats who were
not capsized sailed around us. Thankfully we had no damage. We finished 26th
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