It was a picture perfect summer's night in the Okanagan for a sailboat race complete with an awesome airshow provided by the Canadian Snow Birds. We had lot's of sun, hot tempretures and a SW wind gusting up to 15 knots. Our main course for the evening was SADXCAF. We had a crap back row start and had to fight our way out of the cellar on the first beat to A mark. Most of the boats headed back to shore but we saw better pressure out in the middle and regained a little dignity climbing several spots for the windard mark rounding at A. We were rigged for a gybe set however I did not like the angle and pressure near the South end of the course so I elected to hold off on the hoist to see what would happen with the wind direction. GR got themselves into a bad position with the kite up just to leward of us and to windward of the M242. Every time they would try to roll out from under us the would hit our dirty and get reeled back in. They also had to remain clear of the M242 who were the right away boat. We could see the look of frustration in their eyes. In hind site I should have flown the kite on this leg but being left with only 1 light air kite for the rest of the season I have grown a little conservative. We did pop the chute on the leg from X to C as the winds were a little more out of the South on the North end of the course. We were hoping to make up a few points on Pentameter and GR but considering they actually beat us across the line there is not much chance of that. Only 3 more races of the regular season so every point counts.
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