More "Where I am Now".

Yesterday started light and then built, maybe 6 or eight knots on the ride in. I'm still at sixth hole down from the top on a ten hole adjuster. First race was mostly very light, there were barely ripples from the bow. So maybe one or two knots. I was a touch slower upwind in the light, but it was variable enough that speed differences pretty much got lost in the noise. Downwind I might have been slightly slower but I was right beside a competitor at the leeward mark so I'm competitive. I might have won the second race if the Race Committee hadn't decided to go from one to two sausages just as we were finishing. Good. The wind was a solid 4 to 6 for the third race and I was further back but still in the hunt. I'd probably have done better with more rake in that one. So that's all good.

The mast standing straighter to power the boat up and the tiller extension allowing me to get further forward definitely evens the playing field. Just so you know the other folks are using tiller extensions too. This isn't apples and oranges.

It's a lot more fun racing with the other Waves, and the Lasers, than sliding backwards and then giving up when I get 200 or 400 meters behind. Much more enjoyable than the two days I spend in the light stuff that started this thread.

Go Big Guys!