Day 2 and Wrap Up

Unfortunately today was a beautiful hot sunny windlass Okanagan Sunday.  It sounds weird to even say that, but the lack of any breeze forced the RC to abandon all racing by about 1pm.  They had attempted to start a race right on time with a course of SADX in about 1 knot of breeze but after floating in the general direction of A for the maximum time limit of 90 minutes it was clear that we were in for a floater.  In fleet 1 J and the Rocket 22 Wicked managed to sail twice the distance as any other boats and deserve recognition for their efforts despite the race abandonment.  I had heard tales of a current on Okanagan lake but had dispelled them as old wives tales, however after this weekend I can attest to it's existence.  There was a steady current flowing out of the South for the entire weekend at probably close to 1/2 knot.  We could even see its evidence on the marks and moored RC boat.  Several times we were making way very slowly as seen by our ripples in the water but the GPS SOG still showed zero.  This is why J and Wicked smoked the fleet on the last race.  They rounded A mark first just as the breeze totally shut down and rode the current back North while the rest of us fought to avoid going backwards.  It was a beautiful day on the water but due to our lack of beer it was music to my ears when the race was finally called.  We managed to hang on to our first place in fleet 1 due to our strong performance on Saturday and also take home the first place overall for the regatta due to some fancy mathematical formula that is beyond my high school math.  Danny Foster and crew on Shadowfax take fleet 2, Tom Naylor and crew on La Papillon fleet 3, and John Sharples and crew bests the 525 squadron.  I know 3 races does not make a very well rounded regatta however I still think the majority of sailors walked away with a very enjoyable weekend.  It is always good to be able to visit and compete against our fellow sailors from the other corners of our little piece of paradise. I would love to be able to post a few pictures that you may have taken from this weekend.  If you can email me any good ones I would love to put them up on OKSailing.