No Wind

Race report from yesterday.
No wind today.
On to St Pete.
Here is John's last installment :

Yes we did race.

Tuesday: Sailed three races in Biscayne Bay, beautiful skyline in the background, tropical waters. 41 boats sailed, our finishes were 19,27,14. We finished 19^th overall. First race was in about 8-9 very shifty out of the NNW. Second race was also very shifty with some dead spots. Third race was in the sequence and then postponed due to a wind shift that made the line and first beat poor for the competitors, this happened twice. Race three also had one general recall, we were losing the afternoon, the RC finally got the race started under the black flag, 5 or 6 were over early and DSQ’d. A big shift on the second downwind leg surprisingly did not warrant a course change by the RC and the final windward leg was also a reach, unusual at this racing level.

Even though my crew slandered me and besmirched my stellar reputation in the previous posting, I bought drinks for my crew at the club tiki bar tonight, fortunately we were tired and only had a few drinks. Tomorrow is ladies lunch day at CRYC we have been advised that parking will be limited. Looking forward to mingling with the ladies. Becky says I’ve got it wrong.

Wednesday: Arrived at CRYC at 8am to make some rig adjustments. Weather is overcast light wind, Most boats were launched by stood by for a possible postpone ashore. AP did happen and the wait for wind was on, light rain and no wind persisted all morning, at about 11:30 the RC abandoned the remaining races.

Lessons learned: when the breeze is manageable for you and your crew, with effort you can keep the boat flat, and water is not smooth. The skipper and crew need to move their weight in the boat to kept it flat, steering up, pointing higher to keep it flat is not the way to go.

John