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Frustrating Day 2 at A Scow Nationals »
June 26, 2010
The worst case scenario happened this morning when PRO Jeff Butzer postponed racing at 950am until 2pm so teams could relax on shore instead of baking in the sun. While this sounded good in theory, when decisions are based off of forecasts, there is a slim chance that things will turn out well. Not 10 minutes after the decision was made to postpone, the breeze filled in at 9-12 kts out of the Northwest and the A Scow sailors were stuck on shore watching the Mendota Lake Yacht Club conduct its club racing in ideal sailing conditions.
When 2pm approached, the breeze slowly started to fizzle out, and by the time the starting gun went at 230, the breeze was under the class minimum. With several boats over early, and very little breeze on the entire course, the boats who pegged the right corner (M-8, M-1, M-2, I-7, M10) were able to survive and leg out to a nice lead. The M-21 sailed a great race after being over early and duking it out for last with the I-28 only to fight hard and recover to get 10th.
Days like this drive sailors crazy as there is nothing worse than sitting on shore and watching nice breeze fade away. We come to these regattas to race and it seems all to often that decisions are made to the contrary. Very frustrating.
Top 5 with 2 races remaining –
1). I-7 T. Freytag – 6pts
2). M-1 – Rob Evans – 8 pts.
3). M-8 – Tom Burton – 19 pts.
4). M-2 – John Dennis – 20 pts.
5). I-28 – Charlie Harrett/Terry Blanchard – 23 pts.
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