That's one you'll regret forever.

Its amazing that a choice can have that much of an impact.

"DSK" wrote

One time we were caught in a big wind shift turning a run into a beat...
we were out on the corner and tight reaching in with great speed, sure
to win but the damn wind kept heading us. We crossed ahead of almost
everybody and then tried to tack with the spinnaker still up... we were
only a few yards from the mark I thought we could save time if we could
get around it with the chute still up... guess again! Went from 2nd to
about 32nd....