EYC Sponsored One Design Classic - the day was extremely windy - gusts over 25 knots. We had put our sails up and were sailing out towards the race course as the R.C. was heading back in. We heard on the radio they planned to delay on land to see if the winds would moderate a bit. We headed back in and ultimately went back to the dock and had lunch.
The R.C. ultimately decided to start the races out in what SSA calls Area C - which is not far from the entrance to Lake Ogleton. We had windward leeward courses with the windward mark up towards the Naval Academy Wall. I crewed on J105 Break Away. We only had five of us sadly and it was still gusting over 25 knots. Richard Hinds (skipper), Mike Coleman, Alex Sharabaroff, Susan Singer, and me. I did jib and flew the spinnaker and it was the most amount of wind I've ever managed that J105 chute in. Thanks to Mike's help grinding we did really well and had no mishaps the entire race! Alex did a fantastic job on bow and Susan did an awesome job on pit plus helped Mike with main. It was a day we all multi-tasked!
When we got in we found out that AYC had cancelled the Star Racing and SSA had cancelled Thistle racing. The EYC R.C. did a great job managing to hold the races despite the windy conditions!
Flying chute in 20 knots