I won the Wed Night Race in Portsmouth last night, I was the only boat to finish. I was a minute late to the start because ~3 mins to the start, in a wild puff, the bottom batten split its' plastic pocket and was sticking out about 4 inchs. I could not tack at low speed and there was no room to gybe.

My new boat has definite opinions about how it wants me to sail and this was with old tramp, EPO rudders and Calvert sail. It was the 3rd time around before we starting sync'ing. So, much for one design boats being the same.

Some friends on a C Scow had bad night. They flipped and lost the lead. Their mast broke in a wild puff. While being towed in by a Catalina that had broken their boom, the Catlina's motor mount snapped and the motor fell off in the channel. They had to paddle back, into the wind. Finally, after I finished the race, I cut them off to claim the coveted first boat back to the dock spot. At the award's I gave them my prize.