A5

Race A5 finished off the series with yet another very light air day. It was a great day to work on your suntan but did not make for very exciting sailing conditions. we had shifty zero to 4 knot winds out of the North and a course posted of SDAXCAF. The line looked quite square so we tried for a full speed midline start. The fleet worked it's way upwind with the usual gains made by the brave sailors willing to hug the shallow waters of the shore. Rounding the D mark and trying to hoist the kites most everyone was having trouble just trying to get the chute to stay filled in the non existent breeze. It took almost an hour to get from D mark back to A mark with the usual course shortening almost inevitable.  Heading back up to the X mark now to finish was another test of patience with many boats ghosting across the line at fractions of a knot speed. The entire spring sailing season has so far been a very light air marathon. Lets hope with the change over to Wednesday nights this week with the new start time of 6:15pm we will see a little more action. Congratulations to Woo Hoo. They take the A series overall win and a great start to the 2011 sailing season.