John Cairns wrote:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...31781966VimBGn

Interesting first race, typical spring sailing, cold, wet, and windy.

Hmm, summer is here and you're saying it's cold? It's been a
long cool spring down here, we just had temps in the 90s for
the first time (a month late) and getting the 1st gaggle of
mosquitos (2 months late). But it's been a great sailing season.



... Nice
to finish first, but corrected to third, missing first by forty seconds and
second by two! Folks here have said they didn't like handicap racing, but
I've thought about this for a while and have never heard anyone in the top
tier complain about ratings or cheating, locally, that is.

Hmmm again, in my experience it's the guys who finish 2nd &
3rd who bitch the loudest.


.... When you campaign
the boat with relative strangers or folks from further afield is when the
trouble starts.


That's also true in one design.

It is fun to sprint out ahead of the fleet though.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King