The first race was sailed in a little bit of lump and the breeze from about 55 degrees. The RC posted a course with three legs, probably to try to make sure we got three races in for the day. As it turned out the wind was tailing off by the end of the race and beginning to go left. A sea breeze was on the way and after a postponement of about an hour or so it held at about 355 so the second race was started. This was an interesting race and was discussed in detail in the afternoon's Top Gun Class. Some of the leaders went left, some right and some took the middle. Even though the race was only three legs we didn't finish until almost 3:30pm, that didn't leave time or breeze enough for another race so back to the club we went.
In our case it was another really bad performance and more more frustrating since the conditions were ideal (light air) for us. I had switched to the snug rig for the warm-up regatta and it was clear now that I did not have it right. On the way back in we decided to end the snug rig experiment and go back to the loose rig for Thursday's racing.
As I mentioned we had another Top Gun session that afternoon. like the others it was excellent. Wednesday was an off night so we headed home after class and had dinner in Dunedin with Mike and Terry from Stealth FS4305.
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