Wow! Eric.. thanks for the blow by blow with each race(pardon the pun).. I must have lost some brain cells Sat night and lost the details in my short term memory.

It did present a lot of different conditions and Experience, patience, and strict concentration were KEY in that type of racing..... Jake is master of these attributes.

Your comment on keeping boat momentum was key for me.. the quick and persistent oscillations were tough.. I just tried to keep my sheets lose and kept the boat driving a little deeper upwind even at times that my tale tells were telling me to lift. A few times I was suckered into pointing up, then stall out.