Today we once again enjoyed a late start as the women's division had the boats in the morning. Despite the relaxing morning it would once again be a very challenging and long day. We began the day in a light offshore breeze that was once again very shifty. After talking to Anna's team as they rotated out of our boat, we gained some knowledge and realized that once again it would be very shifty and staying in phase would be crucial. We lost the first three races today in quick succession. A combination of very small errors with some bad luck in ...
Today was the first day of racing. The women sailed in the morning and so we didn't have a report time until 2pm. After arriving at the club we watched a few hours of racing and then were brought out on the water on the inflatables. We watched the first men's flight as we had a buy and then switched into our boat. The breeze was offshore and extremely puffy and shifty. Very much like sailing on the Charles River or another very small college-style venue. The racecourse was held in a small cove of the larger river on which the club lies. We saw ...
