Wednesday, July 26, 2006

If you build it, they will come

Tonight a fleet of Radials appeared on the reservoir! Liz has a brand new sail and mast section and plans to come regularly. Two other guys may come again but one will go for the full rig next time.

The winds were light and most of the full rigs pulled ahead of us easily. Chris was trying out his new laser and was sometimes within reach of the radials. I was ahead of him for a good deal of the time, but I think he beat me to the finish line most of the time.

In the first race I had a decent start and was sailing well upwind. I lost a bit of ground at the windward mark (3) because I made a tactical error a couple of tacks before the mark which allowed Chris to get the inside. I rounded right beside him but he was a little shakey coming out of the turn and I had to wiggle suddenly to avoid hitting his transom.

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