2011.05.11 WYC Open Regatta

Winds from the east 8-12 knots.
Only three white sail boats in the fleet:

• SuMAC
• Paroose
• Still Tim

Still Time was out single handing.

When out with 110, but quickly switched to the #1 (155%)
At some points in the race, I was a little overwhelmed by the gusts, and pointed like crap.
Auto does not like gusts and the #1!

In all three races, the two Viking 33/34s were done the 7 Short course around the same time as I still had two more legs.  I DNFed each race soasnotto hold up the fleet for the start of the next race.

Google Earth Race 1: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/20110611-1.kmz

Google Earth Race 2: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/20110611-2.kmz

Google Earth Race 3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/20110611-3.kmz

Trip Odometer: 18.25 nm
Moving Average: 4.4 knots
Moving Time: 04:06:54


In the 3rd race, I was on a port tack well behind the start mark, tacked to Starboard to make the start line.
SuMAC was coming in on a starboard tack upwind.  Could not duck him because there there other boats behind him, so I bore off, and touched rub rails with a bang!

Further down the race course, SuMAC was on a port tack about 1/4 mile a head of me.
I head "Starboard", and SMACK,  SuMAC had run run over a Martin 243 sportboat.
Crew member in the water, but OK.  Black Shadow's forestay broke.
Peter didn't even see the boat approaching.

SuMAC was out of the last race, and the wind was dying, so they shorted the course to not have the final windward/leeward legs, so I did finish (behind Paroose), and did take R3 on corrected time.

We helped John on Black Shaddow take his mast down, Peter ran to the Rigging Shoppe to get a new one swaged up.

Interesting day on the water.  The start was too congested.