Wind: Light

The Race Committee boat said that the 'wind' was from the southwest so there must be some wind! Boats on the first three starts sailed on port tack but I wanted to go south. The 'wind' seemed to be 'better' once one got out into the lake. We started abeam of Flawed Logic on starboard; Jack Rabbit tried a port tack start and had to duck us. The three boats stayed close together. During one crossing Flawed just cleared us but had to duck Jack Rabbit. I mean close! Fortunately no motor off her transom.

Jack Rabbit managed to get ahead of us by the windward mark. I made things worse by over standing the mark. Jack Rabbit had a poor hoist; as did we. The light winds made downwind sailing very painful. We followed Jack Rabbit to the leeward mark. The droopy sails obscured our view. The only way for me to steer was to follow Jack Rabbit's reflection of her pink spinnaker in the water.

Jack Rabbit didn't head up to round the leeward mark. They looked like they were finishing. Hopefully! An end to this madness! I leaned out further to see if I could figure out the RC signals. If Jack Rabbit was withdrawing she would lower sails and start her motor. She didn't. I couldn't make out the lifeless flags on the RC. Is this a psyche game? When they had crossed the what would have been the finish and there was no sound; I knew the race was not shortened. We headed up to round the mark.

Once again I made my way south but progress was excruciatingly slow. Windlight and Flawed Logic stayed further north. Unfortunately for us the wind filled in from the north. It was a beam reach to the windward (and now thankfully the finish) mark. Windlight (appropriately named?) finished first and we were second.