E5, 2011

And the breeze was on in a big way!  What started off with little to no wind wind during the first 5 minutes or so quickly turned in to a nuking breeze out of the South.  We had an interesting course for today's race with SPTDPCAF on the menu.  We knew something was happening when from behind us we heard Aussie Dave and crew howling with delight as the fleet got slammed with about 25 knots out of the South during our first beat to the pump house.  Many brave souls tried to fly their kites in the very shifty and puffy conditions which lead to some truly beautiful broaches.  We took the conservative route and just jib reached for the first leg until we could get a better read on the wind and did not regret it.  We managed to hang in there with the leaders for most of the race until that crazy bunch on the J29 once again found their overdrive gear and blasted well ahead of the pack.  We had some truly awesome condition for today's race that kept us all on our toes the entire time.  The finish found us less that a boat length behind the M244 who were a couple of minutes trailing the race leader, once again the J29.  That concluded the end of the regular season believe it or not.  Racing starts next week in Hot Rum series 1 with just one combined start for everyone.  That should surely make for an interesting start line, see you there.