Wabamun

My first time sailing on Wabamun was supposed to be Saturday. A few drifts of wind brought our hopes up early Saturday morning; however, they had disappeared completely by 10am, the official start time. Red and White stripes up all day. I was informed that Wabamun translates to "looking glass". Why didn't someone tell me this before we drove up? Wabamun was certainly living up to its name. Baking hot all day with glassy water. Of course, a tantalizing breeze came up just as we began to eat lunch and disappeared just as we finished lunch.

Day 2: Up awfully early in hope of catching the morning thermals. The thermals slept in. Shortly after 9am, they began to drift in and we drifted out onto the lake. We all had one race, with the Radials and Bytes the last to start. The wind lasted long enough for us to do the first sausage of the course and then it died. As we drifted towards the reach mark, a boat appeared flying our class flags and the white flag with blue square: shortened course. I finished 9th, inches behind the 8th place boat and perhaps a boat length behind 7th place. I had a very good start. I was out in front and pulling ahead. The trick was that I couldn't tack And then I didn't tack. It seems the others found a slightly more favourable drift of wind. I need to work on the reach. I think with a few small adjustments, I could have caught at least one boat.

2007 Wabamun Sailing Club Open

Laser Radial                        
    Sail no  skipper                  1     Total

  1 182382   Sarah Hornett            1       1.0
  2 1        Melanie Grell            2       2.0
  3 185505   Robin Stubbs             3       3.0
  4 187867   Elisha Allen             4       4.0
  5 188901   Alexa Kenny              5       5.0
  6 178562   Zoe Lewis                6       6.0
  7 189805   Liam Quinlan             7       7.0
  8 187302   Dominque Grell           8       8.0
  9 184626   Kate Easton              9       9.0