Thanks for posting the results link, Bert.

It was great to see all of you under the tent. Wish I'd had more time to socialize. I have reported your suggestions and will continue to follow up.

On my circle, the Vipers provided the most entertainment. Several nasty broaches/capsizes on Friday, one ending up with two MOBs as the boat crossed the finish line, while a second boat simultaneously hit and took off with the finish mark. Fortunately, we had mark boat rock stars, so with two mark boats and a spare OA boat, we were able to minimize the confusion for the rest of the boats, in all of the fleets, coming to finish. I had several folks on the signal boat stating that they had never seen so much go wrong at once, and wondered how I stayed so calm and how we were able to come through it so cleanly. Again, rock stars on the RIBs, and really great mentors through the years...

The 5o5s were also fast, and the J22s and Stars enjoyed watching their rabbit starts.

Redress on Saturday for one Star that we finished on course, based on some bad info regarding their class rules. They got average points (definitely the right call), resulting in a 5.7 instead of the 6...

Our circle had the best wind (of the five circles) on Saturday. That's not saying much. Since none of our racing boats had engines, there was lots of towing (out and back in).

Sunday was tough. The wind came in much earlier than was expected, but after plans were in place for a delayed start. Again, long transit to our course (lots of towing) delayed our start time. Then, a math error that I didn't catch in time, resulted in abandoning for the first two flights. Further compilations with ground tackle limited our options to shorten the length of the course, and with a general recall in the Viper start of race 2, the last boat finished one minute after the time limit to start a third series of races.

No shortage of Bacardi all weekend! Wisely, I avoided that temptation last night. Today, I'm really, really tired.

Mike