The forecast was for light winds but when I arrived at the dock the wind was blowing about 10 knots. Chris was still in Kingston due to an engine problem. My plan was to go with 4 crew. I anticipated light winds. As it ended up this was the correct call.
There was a temporary replacement as PRO. He threw in a variation on the delayed start. There was a one minute gap between 1 start and 2 warning and a two minute delay between 2 start and 3 warning. That was easy to figure out. The other problem was figuring out the start line. The pin was the yellow mark? Shouldn't it be red? Or is it fixed "0" mark? A lot of boats were confused by the timing and/or marks. There were a lot of individual recalls. We got it right. The pin was very skewed; we were almost able to lay the mark on port. The winds were now light and variable.
On our second upwind leg the wind died. Most of the boats bailed and we got out some munchies waiting to see what JR would do. we were well ahead of them. We were within hailing distance of Victory Dance. Victor wasn't going to retire. JR did so we did as well. Victor admonished me back at the club. The wind eventually filled in; they finished.
I hope that doesn't blow it for us. We would've had a first. The boat and crew performed well and that should build confidence. Victor was of course right; it's never over until it's over.
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