Wash-out

Well....yesterday was supposed to be the last practice day before the NA's begins but stormy weather cut the practice short. As it turned out, I attempted to go out during the worst part of the weather. The wind was blowing about 25 knots, driving rain and the waves were huge. So big in fact, I was worried about doing damage to my boat. After about 1/2 an hour of pounding as I sailed out the cut, I decided I wasn't accomplishing very much.

The weather looks much better today with a light breeze blowing and partly cloudy skies. The forecast calls for winds from the south at about 8 to 12 mph with some scattered thunderstorms. It looks like that may be the forecast for the entire weekend with a cold front coming in late on Sunday....probably after the racing is over with.

The competition looks very, very strong. I don't think I have sailed in a fleet of a 100 boats ever! I am just going to work on keeping my lanes open off of the start and probably will focus on mid line starts and see if there is any sag in the line. Should be a very interesting challenge sailing in these conditions. I am sure I am going to learn a lot and hopefully have some fun.

Keep you posted!