Hey Bob,

Nice post.

It shows more the character of the sailors, than the character of the boats.

Down here, we have multi class, with mono's too, all the time.

The Beach Cats sailors are always mindful of each other, however. They watch out for one another and offer helpful solutions. We can not afford to lose any cat sailor [ we are a limited bunch to start :-) ]

It sounds like the non spin cats were more mindful than the spin cats. Maybe next time, when the spin cat comes blazing in, just position ones self to anticipate a 'block' at the mark, ...then the spin boat came experiance 'being in the way'..[ wrong place at the wrong time with no place to go]...

In last months regatta, I was coming into the upwind mark on port, I usually weave thru the mono's and make it,...well, this time,...not to be!

...tacked to starboard.....the wind [ and my sailing ability] disappeared at the same time [ hopelessly in irons...ugh],....and I was a bobbing obsticle, 30 feet from the starboard side layline of the mark [ port rounding],....yep,..wrong place at the wrong time....the 'true' skippers understood,...the #*@%head ones did not...

..it happens...

..keep it fun!

regards,

Bruce
I-17
St. Croix
USVI

ps....when a Uni goes into irons,..it likes it![ kinda like a wife going shopping ]....and stays there for awhile :-)