Our first Tuesday night race was sailed with social distance seating, no walking, masks and the usual fluky winds at Kiwanis Rec Park. Winds were out of the NE and were light (frustrating) to moderate (encouraging). There were six Gold boats and two Silver boats, so both fleets started together. Windward mark was an offset mark between 4 & 5 which was rounded to port, then to mark 5 rounded to port, onto mark 2 rounded to port and back to finish. First windward leg was short but tricky as it was at the frustrating north end of the pond. The beat to the finish from Mark 2 was made challenging because of the wind shadow from the two big trees on the east bank. Although the winds continued to decrease as the sun set, we were able to get 12 heats in.

Dave Steger started the evening with two firsts and continued his low point scoring to take first overall. Wayne Forbes proved that an old dog doesn’t need new tricks when the old ones work just fine by finishing in second. Bob Kalman and Brad Ferrell fought it out to finish with the exact same total of points. Since there were only two of them there was no tie-breaker, so they both get 1st for this first race. All things considered it was a good start to our 2020 racing season.