Matt Colie wrote:

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

is a picture of the race chart. They sailed the Mills (blue track)
around Pelee Island ~70 miles and -yes- the first three legs can be on
the same board, but that is only half the race. The sob part is always
the finish inside the bay where tradition requires that the wind that
was beating you up all night - cease - completely.


I hate it when that happens. Used to be really good at light
air sailing, nowadays I'm losing the patience for it... and
it's never been fun at night.


The boat Gus who? (6337) is an X-yachts 3/4 ton, there are three (maybe
4) of these in the current fleet. They are neat boats and it is fun to
watch them, the S2-7.9s and the Abbott 33s beat up on each other every
Wednesday (Wednesday Night At The Races- WNATR). He may not be in the
best position for his start, but he has a good collection of flags from
this event.


The start is less important in a long race, obviously, but
it never helps to start out being covered & in bad air. A
PHRF race is a sprint against time and seconds lost cannot
be recovered (unless the other guys mess up). I wasn't
trying to say the guy was a bad sailor, just not his best
start

I'm hoping that John brough back some good pictures.


I hope so too.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King