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Too Much Breeze on Day 2… »
April 16, 2011
When we poked our heads out of our hotel room at 7am and saw a steady 20+ already on Charleston Harbor, we started thinking about what we were going to do with our time in the absence of racing. Shortly after breakfast, we were headed to the boat to do some repairs from day 1 when we received notice that the RC had called racing for the day. With big wind already present and predicted to get heavier, and strong t-storms forecast for the afternoon it was probably the best call not to send the fleet out, especially with numerous shoals and reefs that could cause some damage for a marooned Melges 24 or 20.
Just as we finished packing the M & M Melges 20 and storm proofed it on the dock, we were walking back to our hotel room and I got the call from Andy Burdick that we were going to head out with our new formed Melges 24 Worlds team on Full Throttle to do some heavy air training and speed testing. It took me a few moments to mentally adjust from having leisurely day of 2nd breakfast, napping, lunch and napping again, to now blasting downwind on a Melges 24, having a firehose in my face, and being bent over like a pretzel on a lifeline after a hearty 1st breakfast of biscuits and gravy. After a few quiet moments to myself to adjust, we hoisted the main on the FT and headed out to join a few other Melges 24s for a solid session of practice in preparation for the big breeze that we will most certainly see in Corpus Christi in just under a month. On the sail in, the breeze was touching the high 20s and it was a good call for the masses to keep the activities on shore on Day 2.
3 races are scheduled tomorrow and the forecast is for sunny skies and a seabreeze to kick in with a nice 12-15 South Easterly breeze. Stay tuned.
Tony Tabb and his team of Justin Hood and Steve Sisson sit in 2nd place after Day 1.
Team Bacio blasts downwind en route to a solid scoreline of 3, 1, 3, 1 to lead the regatta.
The Melges 20 Fleet gets off the starting line and bucks 3 knots of current en route to the first windward mark.
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