We’re pretty sure that we walked at least 5 miles today.
Well… not each person individually, but if you added up the paces from each sailor, plus all of our fans and then those from the spectators, in total, the group probably walked at least 5 miles!
The first race started to windward (sort-of) in front of Anne and Nelson’s house and the fleet then rounded two marks located up the channel to the West and then took a long downwind run (sort-of) to the end of the channel past Jack’s place and then a long windward beat (sort-of) back up to the main channel where we headed South to a leeward mark, and after rounding ending up with a final starboard beat (sort-of) to the finish – right back where we started. Bill Blevins (#254) took the gun in the first race.
Whew!
Winds were heavy at times (top of the B sail) and then light (really needed the A sail) and steady and shifty – What else would you expect from Canandaigua Lake?
The second race repeated the course from the first race, but the sailors headed back in the opposite direction with port roundings, ending up finishing by crossing the starting line which was the finish line from the first race. The second race ended with a photo finish after 30 minutes of sailing. Jonathan Gorbold (# 62) crossed the line first, just after he misjudged the pin at the end of the line and then quickly circled around to squeeze in ahead of Bill.
Since we are still in the “warm-up” series, we didn’t calculate tie-breakers for the finishes, but it was interesting to see that out of the 11 RC Lasers that participated (with one new sailor – welcome Dave), that after the two races were completed, 8 sailors out of that group were tied for a position.
There are two more weeks of warm-ups and then the serious racing begins!
