Hockey Fever, C2 2011

A terrible but understandable rash of hockey fever must have torn through the fleet last night with only about 14 boats showing up for Wednesday night racing action. As it turned out I am sure most Vancouver fans wish they had sailed instead of watched the game. Those boats that did show up had cloudy skies and about 5 knots out of the South for breeze. The RC posted SADAF and we were off with the entire fleet starting on Starboard and working our way upwind to A mark. The were a few glassy, as well as breezy patches to be found. Some very astute skippers were able to position themselves in the most pressure and quickly found themselves on the starboard tack lay line out ahead for the rounding. It was a rather fast downwind leg with even pressure holding across the course and no obvious favored sides. The RC shortened the course to SAD and parked the committee boat next to D mark for an early finish line. We managed to get into very close quarters with two other boats right on the finish line with lots of lively discussions involving mark room and right of way. CIAO glided along smartly and managed a very respectable 2nd place finish showing lots of potential on that little sport boat.