Flying Scot Midwinters Day 2 - Some Relief

Here is todays wind graph, during the first race it felt like more than shown here probably influenced a little due to the lumpy sea state.



We enjoyed another excellent Top Gun session beginning at 9 am this morning. It is really interesting to see how the really good guys see and adjust to the conditions. I found myself thinking "I never even consider stuff like______________" a bunch of times. I think quite a few others did too.

The 11 am starting time was postponed to noon, guessing this was due to the unseasonbly cold temperatures overnight. With some more time to warm up it turned out to be a nice day, aided by the bright sunshine. Two long 5 leg races were sailed in breeze that started brisk and gradually faded to just under 10 or so.


Race 1 shot by PHOTOBOAT.COM see their link at right, don't ask about the pole. If you click the photo it should go full screen and then some.

We all gathered at the SPYC for another Top Gun session before cocktails and dinner were served. The good folks at Coral Reef Sailing Apparel (www.coralreefsailing.net)were kind enough to sponser a keg for us to enjoy before the dinner in the Ballroom. During the evening the folks from Photoboat had a slide show going with some excellent shots. I have added a link to their website so you can see pictures of all boats which are sorted by number.

We had a little better time of it today but still struggled with the conditions in the first race, the second race was better but not much. Click Flying Scot Class website link to the right for the results.

Sleep.