I am tired, borderline exhausted after today's races, holy cow! Troy is quoted as calling today "Almost Epic" and I would have to agree. Today started out with great sun, but some very mild wind. Troy quickly set up the race course as Sandy, Chris and I rigged up our three sailboats. As I was on my way out to the course I was a little worried about how the racing was going to go. My tell-tale was accurately telling me that there was no wind and I was about to go nowhere in a hurry.

Thankfully Troy showed up and grabbed my bowline to get me into the wind. Yes, there was some wind out there, I just found the black hole apparently. Sandy and Chris were close behind and Troy got us started.

Here is a little sequence of photos showing the finish of the third race. Chris and Sandy were very close after the last tack, but Chris held his lead, waving for the camera just before the finish.

The wind really filled in for the last four races, adding a little more excitement to the single-hand racing. It wasn't quite as white knuckle as Race #3 in the spring series, but it sure got us around the race course a lot faster. I personally had a few issues with losing track of the main sheet while tacking, then getting stuck hiked out without a line in my hand. Normally I'd do something to remedy this, but when you have good position in a race your logic changes. My race logic dictated that I lean harder, hang on and get across that finish line!

All three of us were able to race five times each, totaling 7 races today! That is the most races I've ever done  in one day in my entire sailing career. That's only about two years, for anyone taking notes.

I'd love to go into more detail about all the races, but there is too much to talk about. For once the wind direction held the entire day, but there was definitely a noticeable outgoing (southward) current for the lighter wind races that had a drastic effect when trying to reach the windward mark or cross the finish line. The change in wind speed also seemed to change our tactics throughout the day. But most notable I would say were the starts. Nearly every start today was close and well timed. I think because we were running a short triangle course (windward, wing, leeward, finish) the start had a dramatic effect on final position. There were some great tactical maneuvers that were planned and executed before the race even started.

So we had a great day in the sun and wind, but just remember, it isn't all fun and games out there. As Race Committee, we take our job seriously. No joking around.

Summer Series Summary

Skipper	Best 5	Rank
Jake Parks	5	1
Troy Hunter	7	3
Sandy Bochonok	12	4
Chris Quinn	6	2

Race Day #6 Summary

Skipper	Points	Avg	Rank
Jake Parks	8	1.60	1
Troy Hunter	10	2.00	3
Sandy Bochonok	15	2.50	4
Chris Quinn	9	1.80	2

Race Day #6 Data

	Race #1				Race #2				Race #3				Race #4				Race #5				Race #6				Race #7
Skipper	Crew	Hull #	Sail #	Position	Crew	Hull #	Sail #	Position	Crew	Hull #	Sail #	Position	Crew	Hull #	Sail #	Position	Crew	Hull #	Sail #	Position	Crew	Hull #	Sail #	Position	Crew	Hull #	Sail #	Position
Jake Parks		3	968	1		5	969	1						4	967	2		3	968	1		5	969	3
Troy Hunter						4	967	2		3	968	3		5	969	3						4	967	1		3	968	1
Sandy Bochonok		5	969	2		3	968	3		4	967	2						5	969	3		3	968	2		4	967	3
Chris Quinn		4	967	3						5	969	1		3	968	1		4	967	2						5	969	2

Coming up:
July 12 - Club Meeting
July 21 - Social Sail
July 22 - Race Day #7