Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The first day of the regatta got off to a slow start as we had glassy conditions in Marblehead harbor This morning. The harbor start was at 11:00 am and we drifted out the the race course. Finally after a 2 hour postponement and 2 general recalls we got race 1 going under black flag start. Conditions were a light 6mph from the south east. Sea state was 3-4ft ocean swell which made for tough driving. We got off the line well and rounded the top mark in 10th after being on the right side of a 15 degree left shift. Not bad. A local boat rounded first and held their lead to the finish. After 5 legs we finished 10th with several of the top teams ( Bill Lynn winner of the NOOD regatta) just behind us. Not a super finish, but certainly good considering we are right in touch with the "players". Tomorrow is forecasted to be a little more breeze than today, but the conditions getting better as the week goes.
Peter, Whit , Rob, and myself signing off...
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