It was a cold wild wet race course today that really put the crews to the test this early in the year. We had a cold North wind of about 10-15 knots with lots of big (for the lake) rollers moving down the course. There still seems to be some confusion on the starting area and time. We were hanging out where we thought the start was supposed to happen at the right time but still ended up having to sail fast to get to the new start area just as the 5 minute warning was sounded. Hopefully we can all clear up this confusion soon. I believe the start is always supposed to be at the new C mark at 10am but we will be keeping a close eye on the committee boat just in case. The course was CEADAC and multiple fleet starts were now in effect. We had a great start and held onto 2nd place on the first beat behind Bad Dog. We had a good mark rounding at E and got pinned under J's wind shadow for much of the way downhill. We gybed out about half way down the run and tried to put some distance between us and J but only managed to round the leward mark just on their heels. Our upwind game was flawless and we managed to arrive at the windward D mark about 2 lengths ahead of J. Unfortunately we shrimped the kite on the hoist and set us way behind. We did get everything squared away and were once again headed downhill. We had a good run back to A and rounded a couple of minutes ahead of the M242 and behind J once again. We finished about 1 minute behind J at C mark and still just ahead of the Martin. We will see how the results come out but I think today belonged at Aaron and the rest of the M242 crew. They managed to hang with the faster rated boats and seemed to race a clean race, well done guys. To the crew of TBA, next week!! :)
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