Sunday the wind was light and the lake had lots of holes. The SI gave the fleet 30 minutes to finish after the first boat. Fred, Charlie and a couple others were within a boat length of the finish and the race committee called the race. I gave up and got a tow in. The DNF's either gave up and went in or didnt finish within that 30 minute window. We only got one race off on Sunday.

Sat we had a range of wind starting out rather puffy (20 on/5 off) and settling down to a more managable 5-10 knot wind by the third race. 3 Races on Sat.

Friday we had good wind in the afternoon for the clinic with Lars. We did start drills and mini races.

Overall a great regatta, great people, great party, and interesting wind, very shifty and lots of holes, even when its windy. It was easy to sail into a hole and get stuck. Big shifts at the start made the starts interesting.

The wing didnt win, although Ben is very fast. The top section came off in the last race on Sat and Ben had to go in. When I asked him about it he said something about the tape coming off. He didnt capsize and on Sat when it was windy and puffy I was pacing him upwind on the first beat. Once we went around the top mark he was gone, way deeper and faster. He said later that upwind he was pinching and needed to put the bow down and go. It was puffy enough that it was probably better to play it safe. I predict that Ben will be fast at North Americans, but he's still got to beat some really great sailors. It was very thrilling to go upwind with him and down was fun too until he got away from me.

Great regatta.

Bill