D2, 2011

After a wild and crazy week on the West coast I was sure glad to be back to familiar sailing grounds tonight.  This is already D2 and marks only 1 month before we switch back to Sunday afternoon sailing.  The breeze was on during the staring sequence with a nice steady 8-12 knots out of the North.  The course was to be SDBACAF.  Almost everyone was right up on the line during the final few seconds which triggered a general recall.  It appeared that the RC boat also was having some problems staying tied on to the buoy which set us back a few more minutes.  Luckily the breeze held for the first beat up to D mark with almost everyone gybing around the mark and working their way down to B on port.  Almost everyone was able to pass B to Port and harden up under spinnaker for the reach up to A.  Rounding A the fleet split with some heading back to the middle and others staying close to shore.  We tried to stay close to shore and jump on the layline for C mark early trying to keep clear air.  Heading downwind from C the symmetrical spinnakers just aimed for the mark while the A sails had to work a little harder in a dying breeze to keep things hot.  It was another clean rounding at A mark with the same fleet split as before.  It looked like this time it was the middle that payed as opposed to the shore.  The breeze really started to fade on the last beat to the finish.  Just before crossing it kicked up again with a big header just to keep things interesting.  If I had to guess as to the standings I would put my money on J29, Woo Hoo and Pentameter but we shall see.