The first race of the season is the Spring round the Island. Centre Island protects Toronto Harbour from Lake Ontario. It takes about two hours to sail around; a nice daysail. The race this year was very well organized. The skippers, who registered early, got a bit of swag. The cruisers were encouraged and given a separate start i e last. "Don't worry about the start; keep clear of the other boats and start after everyone else." The efforts of the Race Committee paid off with a good turnout.
The day was a good spring day. Sunny, temp around 14, with a WSW wind at about 12 knots. Course: start at Dufferin buoy, south east to Gibraltar buoy, east to the eastern Harbour entrance buoy, through the Eastern Gap and finish just east of the Western Gap. David, Myrna, Emi and Adrian were crew. This was Myrna's introduction to racing.
We were third start. We were well set up a minute to go but I started too early and allowed boats to get below me. We were over early. (I am going to have to learn to be cool at the starts!) Repeat: "It is OK". The course was basically a series of reaches. The race was a follow the leader type; so with the bad start we were doomed. We did fly the chute briefly when we headed north from the eastern Harbour buoy. We were able to catch up to the white sailors.
It was a fun race and it was good to see most of the club on the water.
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