THe Omega 36 is a really nice boat. If he's a guest, does
that mean when he joins he will no longer have the 'special'
rating?

He's an ex club member who had moved to another club but came back to
join us for the last couple of races since his club's racing is over
and he still gets hauled out at my marina. His rating used to be 126
with a roller furling credit but last year he got smacked and now he
rates 117. He does a lot of races and has done very well so I guess
people complained.


The 3rd place boat corrected over us since we spent a few
minutes inspecting a turning mark.
Ouch. .

We didn't hit it. We just had to tack at the last moment in light air
and big current. It was a gov. mark and the current was ripping at the
channel. We were making it until the last 25 feet. As soon as I
called for the pole to go up the current got us and we started to get
set down. Had to drop the pole etc. tack and then tack back. Probably
spent over a minute at that mark.