Race Day #3

Written by Jens

It’s Saturday morning, and fog is in the bay where the sailing club is located. I’m not convinced that any sailing will be done today.

Well, guess what, there were 12 protests from the blue fleet about yesterday’s racing conditions. That is the fleet that Brad was sailing in. The race committee has decided to throw out the blue fleet’s race. The red and yellow fleets did not protest, so their races count.

At the coach’s meeting today, it was announced that yesterday’s blue fleet, will have to re-race yesterday’s race at 12:00 today. The other fleets will not start until that race is over. Today, Brad is in the yellow fleet, which is the normal 1st start every day. That means that Brad will have 2 races, back to back, if the fog lets them.

We were also told that tonight is summer high tide, which is 2 meters higher than normal. We should also expect a 3 meter storm surge on top of that. If this happens, we could have wet feet where we are staying. We will have the van packed and ready to go to higher ground tonight, just in case.

As Brad is launching, the fog appears to be lifting around here. Who knows, they might get some races in. With only yesterday’s blue fleet out racing, there are a lot of people hanging around all over the place, waiting to go out. I have not heard any reports from the race course yet on the conditions out there, but at the clubhouse, the wind is blowing pretty good, and the sun shows up from time to time.