This is also why they keep the start-finish lines closed, which makes for quite a large -no sail- area in the middle of the course, where the best wind is... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
Which is why the best place for the start / finish line is below the gate . . . completely off the race course . . . but that's a whole different thread.
