A solid 9-11 knot NNE breeze greeted sailors on Circle C as the race committee set up the course for the first race. While such a breeze is usually consistent, the wind steadily backed left throughout the first series of starts, prompting the RC to change the 020 course to 005 and lengthening for the J/111s, who were the first section to start. There was some separation between the J/111s and the J/109s and as the latter approached the gate the wind has veered back to near 020 so there was no changed signaled for the rest of the fleets.
The wind had freshened to 12-15 knots for the start of race 2, which was set at 005. The racers helped keep the action moving by behaving on the line as the X-Ray flag was raised only three times all day. Races 2 and 3 were extended to 1.75 and 1.5 nm, adding a quarter-mile to the course lengths from the first race. This gave ~75 minute races for the J/111s and ~85 minute races for the T-10s. The wind continued its walk left and a change to 355 was signaled during race 3.
The relative speed of the J/111s and J/109s allowed the RC to provide a shorter fourth race of 1.25 nm at 355 for them. Others fleets finished their day after 3 races.
Overall a solid day for both sailors and race committee. The Blue Star Award went to Debbie N, who noticed that a large log was floating in the middle of the start line during the sequence for race 4 of the J/111s. This caused the RC to postpone and then restart five minutes later, when the obstruction drifted to leeward of the starting area.
Erik S, DRO for Janet B, RO
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