B6, 2011

Another beautiful night for sailing in the Okanagan. The winds near the start were fantastic. A solid 8 knots out of the South. The course was SADCDF. It was a good start for most of us with not too many boats stuck in the back row. We got a solid midline start with good speed and did pretty good holding our own on the first beat to A mark. We rounded A mark and tried to stick close to shore on the long run down to D. We kept a solid 6 to 7 knots of speed but could not drive a deep as I would have wanted due to a quickly fading breeze. We rounded D mark to port dousing the chute and hardening up for the short beat to C. There was a wild wind shift near the starboard tack layline for C mark. We had to sail way high just to avoid having to 2 or 3 tack the mark rounding. The next two legs were very pleasant indeed, but the best we could do was keep our distance clear ahead of our nearest 2 competitors,  WOO HOO and PENTAMETER. We were too far back to see how the finish worked but it looked like J29 and Ghost Rider well ahead of the pack. Standby for results as soon as I receive them.