Some would say we won the first race, stuffed the second and did okay in the third, but there was officially only one race. The wind did as predicted and went from 5 knots north east to east taking the big boats out to eastern windmills and halfway back before dying completely. We sat there for a few hours waiting for the breeze that tended south to bring the smaller boats (and some of the bigger boats) back to the leading boats for a restart and sprint to the finish. There was a fair bit of luck involved in terms of should we go left or right, head for shore or stay on the line. The boats that won out did what we would normally, head towards the breeze and hope that it doesnt fade near the shore. This enabled boats like syrenka to sail from oblivion back into the race around the outside and be third around campbell.
OP had line honours and we managed a second over the line but well out of contention on handicap. The results were not out before the boys on the bus wanted to leave so not sure of the outcome but likely to be a small boat. Next factor did well finishing just behind Knee Deep a few minutes behind us.
That makes OP5 -4 up on us but who is counting.
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