Trip dates:
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Trip length:
1 day
Type of watercraft:
Sail
A great start
Tonight's crew
SMSA Wednesday Night Race A-4. Better-than-forecasted conditions for some W/L racing on a perfect evening. We had a full boat with 7 onboard, and I helped out and advised on tactics a bit. We nailed the start and had a great upwind leg. The first downwind went pretty well, but we made a couple iffy last-minute calls and botched the douse, resulting in overstanding the mark quite a lot. Got our act together and got going again, but not enough to save the race. 6/7 for the evening. Good problem solving from some of our newer crew, and a good learning expereince for everyone to work through recovering when things go wrong. Hoping to do better next week.