Saturday Series on 7/18/2020
Saturday Series 7/18/20 (7/11/20 Make-up Race)
Today’s race was a make-up for last Saturday’s cancelled race. Because today was supposed to be a pond cleanup day, we only raced 6 heats. Winds were out of the west which makes for a very short windward leg. We started using the Swan as our windward mark but switched over to the green start mark. From there we went to mark 1, then down to mark 4 and then a windward finish. For the last heat, with the wind increasing, we added a windward leg to the blue start mark, then back down to 3 and then a windward finish. It was a beautiful day made even better with the brisk winds.
Note: after the racing, all the cattails along the west shoreline were removed, which removed the wind shadow and opened up the sightline. A big improvement.
Today’s race was a make-up for last Saturday’s cancelled race. Because today was supposed to be a pond cleanup day, we only raced 6 heats. Winds were out of the west which makes for a very short windward leg. We started using the Swan as our windward mark but switched over to the green start mark. From there we went to mark 1, then down to mark 4 and then a windward finish. For the last heat, with the wind increasing, we added a windward leg to the blue start mark, then back down to 3 and then a windward finish. It was a beautiful day made even better with the brisk winds.
Note: after the racing, all the cattails along the west shoreline were removed, which removed the wind shadow and opened up the sightline. A big improvement.