Doc here is too modest.

As he just sailed a great regatta in the open class at Huntington lake !

Look at the race results (elapsed time) as presented below.





Our dear Doc, AKA Eric Poulsen, WON every single race on ELAPSED time !!!

And with room to spare :

Race 1 : by 3 minutes
Race 2 : by 50 seconds
Race 3 : by 50 seconds
Race 4 : by 2 minutes
Race 5 : by 50 seconds

And it gets better !

If Doc had sailed off the F16 2-up handicap, as the east board F16 1-up sailors do then he would have still won the event handsomly on handicap.

If Doc had sailed of the F18 handicap, as is done by F16 sailors in EU, then he would have ended up 2nd overall on elapsed time, sharing first place in the scoring without a strike-out and losing out by 1 point in the scoring with a strike-out included !

But at that time (sailing off the F18 rating) the F16 sailed by Doc would have been the faster boat in the fleet next to the Nacra 20 that participated. All others would have been several points slower in the handicaps. Interestingly enough Doc beat this Nacra 20 on corrected time even if Doc sailed of the F18 handicap. And Doc beat the Nacra 20 in each race on elapsed time by :

Race 1 : 4 min 38 sec
Race 2 : 51 seconds
Race 3 : 50 seconds
Race 4 : 2 min 4 seconds
Race 5 : 49 seconds

The Nacra 20 did score 3rd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd and 2nd on elapsed time in all races and was as such the main competition for Doc with respect to Line-Honours.

I can only say, VERY WELL DONE, Eric !

Show us the way !

Wouter