Wind was forecast to be 4-6 knots from the SW all day. Sunny, and warm 25 degrees Celcius.
Winds were that at the start, but quickly diminished as the race went on. Full main and light #1. Course was 4 short. Waves were <1 ft.
John had to bail because his son had hockey in the early afternoon, so I went out single handed.
Had a really BAD start (really have to work on this part), didn't cross the line for 3 minutes. Was able to get the boat going close the 4 knots to the first windward mark. Downwind leg was very slow (<2 knots), as the wind diminished. Got half way back to mark 9 (third leg of triangle), and the wind completely died. The small waves were just enough so you could not set sail because they were flapping. Was going at 0.2 knots for a LONG time. Then no wind whatsover. GPS was registering 0.0 for about 45 minutes before the race was called. Black Shaddow and Sumac were the only two boats to finish. Even Berserk could not finish; they were withing 200 ft of the finish.
I dropped the genoa, and setup the spinnaker for the run back home. Got the boat going at 2 1/2 knots, until there wasn't even enough wind to fill the spinnaker.
Trip Odometer: 9.09 miles
Moving Avg: 2.2 knots (includes motoring out and in)
Moving Time: 04:08:04
Google Earth track: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/20111008.kmz
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