Racing 3-25-2017

                                                                                                                                                    by Cathy

My sail is wet, but I am mostly dry - trusty bottle at the top of the mast saves the day! Photo by Laurie.

The last Saturday in March brought us good sailing weather with mild temps in the 60's and winds in the 10-20 mph range from the west and northwest. That meant shifty winds and gusty too. Between 9 and 12 Butterfly sailors came out for the 3 races, with the women being well represented between Pam, Nancy, and me, plus Laurie was on race committee with Burton.

The courses were Olympic and something about that windward mark made for some really big shifts the closer we got to it. One shift caused me to capsize in the first race, then I nearly fell out of the boat in the second race. It was that kind of day! Not only were there some unexpected "auto tacks" but when heading to the windward mark in the third race, there were some unexpected "auto jibes".

Marshall led the first race almost from the beginning and finished in 1st. His first 1st in the Butterfly! Doug took 1st in the second race, then Paul was 1st in the third race.

Thanks to Laurie and Burton for the great courses and to Laurie for all the pictures.

Yea for the women. Pam is back! 

Yea for the women. Nancy raced all 3 races w/o capsizing.

     

Yea for the women. I got lucky and kept the lead for a bit in the last race.