An interesting first day...
Despite no F18 or A-Class presence (due to scheduling conflicts with their NAs), we have nearly 40 entries at the 57th annual Fall Multihull Regatta at Roton Point!!!
Light air in the morning subsided even further when boats arrived on the course. To keep people occupied, we ran a practice start for each fleet.
By the end of the practice round, we had decent breeze from a reasonably consistent easterly direction, at about 5 knots, so we set marks and started everyone.
Amazingly, most of the fleet arrived at the gate at about the same time, as the wind came and went. When boats separated from each other, they were moving well through the water, so we let it ride (all sailors thanked us and agreed later, as otherwise they would have bobbed around on the water or sat around on the beach)...
The wind eventually died after much of the fleet finished, then did a 180, and came in stronger out of the southwest.
We grabbed all the marks, and reset for Race 2. An awesome race, in 7-8 knots of wind with most boats finishing within seconds of one another.
We quickly spun into Race 3 at around 1600, cognizant of the party and band's schedule. Most boats finished after 1700, and wanted to keep sailing!!!
We sent everyone in, got dinner going, had some protest hearings, and enjoyed the music and all the amazing beauty that can only be experienced at Roton Point.
Results link:
http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=2882Mike
