We were successful in our first ever port tack start, in front of twenty some odd boats, talk about adrenaline flowing!!! It was so obvious (several HAD to be thinking the same thing), we lazied more than halfway down the line until about 45 seconds left, ducked out, tacked below the pin, across the line right at the gun, only had one boat follow us. We won the race to boot.

That experience has ruined me. I've thought hard about, came close to, or gone ahead and attempted a port start in every regatta since then, with no success. That slight port bias is so enticing.