Wild day today! Winds out of the ENE between 15 to 18knots. A decent swell and heavy chop made for a day that mixed up the results.
I understand that in the I20s Tommy Bahama (Nigel and Alex) scored three bullets in three races today and I believe they are followed by Tybee (Kenny and Steve) and Castrol (JC and Jim) is in third - but it's still tight. Our good buddy Bob Curry continues to dominate the I17 (F17) class. We finally had a good day as Tony and I were able to find great boat speed and were the only F18 team to keep it pointy end up (we're a little heavier) all day. We scored two bullets out of the three races. I believe that Team Weathermark is still strongly in first place in the F18s.
A lot of boats capsized today and the order downwind was to keep the boat from getting overpowered and keep the boat on her feet and moving upwind. At least two teams went back to the beach to replace battens in the sails between races. Once we hit a steep tall wave and our whole boat, sans about 6 inches of leward rudder, was completely airborn! It was a pretty thrilling day today.