More Mistakes

Wednesday night at Glenmore:
Peter, Kate, Lizzie, Nick and Sean in Radials

Race 1 : (315) not a great start - mid line, not at highly favoured barge end. Was neck in neck with Lizzie for a bit, but pulled ahead on the reach from 1 to 5. Didn't catch Peter.

Race 2 (315) Over early. Would have been a great start! I ducked the line and then worked really hard to catch people. Caught the boys easily, worked at it and caught Lizzie later. Was gaining on Peter in the last upwind by working hard at adjusting to changes in wind strength and paying attention to my ticklers.

Race 3 (3636) start/finish line an obstruction. Great start. Was kicking butt on the upwind. Pulling ahead of Peter inch by inch. I was close to Bill too. Near the windward mark I tacked. My lifejacket got caught on the boom and I got dumped! Crap! Not only was it freezing but 4 or 5 boats passed me. I got him back up and moving pretty quickly. I then spent the rest of the race trying to catch everyone that passed me when I fell in. I caught Terry (full rig) and Lizzie but I didn't catch Peter. So disappointing! I wanted to see if I could hold or build that lead on the downwind. It is possible to beat him, but I have to have a perfect race. Perfect start, smooth roundings, top boat speed.

Race 4 (6s1s6p) a downwind start. Nasty mark roundings. dinged in the head by Peter's boom. Was ahead of everyone except Seamus and Elliot, then took the last rounding too wide because of a wind shift. Peter got round tight and pulled ahead. Terry came round and prevented me from tacking. This slowed me down and threw me a bit. It took me a little to realize I hadn't put the vang on or gone block to block. In the end, pulled ahead of Terry, Bill got me by a boat length because I had to duck him just before the finish. Peter beat me no problem.

Second radial in every race. I can beat Peter, I just need to visualize the perfect race and sail it.