Gator Bowl Day One

The steady rain from Friday continued through the night but began to break up by mid-morning Saturday. It was decidedly chilly but once the rain stopped it felt a whole lot better.

We got started shortly after noon in light breeze that built through the afternoon.



Very gusty and shifty conditions challenged the 19 boat fleet, there were many huge gains and losses with each shift. There were a couple capsizes which reportedly were quickly righted.

Jeff and Amy Linton were pretty untouchable, they had an OCS in the first race knocking them out of first place. Harry Carpenter with Bill Ross crewing lead the scoreboard after four races. We are tied with Mark Taylor for second and third. I don't have thec scores so will stop at that.

Donna and Jon are excellent hosts and the whole group here in Jax put together a great hot meal for us chilled sailors.

There will be a throw out with six races so if we get 2 in tomorrow, the whole situation could change.