A surprisingly breezy NW’ly breeze kept things exciting on the final day of racing, and with three races scheduled, the door was wide open for anything. The name of the game was shifty shifty, with a nasty bit of chop thrown in just to keep anyone from going too fast. Case in point: ten seconds off the line in the second start, some combination of the aforementioned factors wound up with me half-auto tacking, half-capsizing while the rest of the race carried on–whoops. I’ll probably never know what exactly happened, but the time was right for all those days on the Charles River to kick in… and that they did! Throughout the day, I sailed very smart beats, making gains the whole way round, except for the gates. Every time round, I lost at least five boats straight off the bat. Must be my penance for finally keeping up on the runs!
Photo Credit Dave Hein
I finished the event in 18th, which is definitely below my goals, but I made some important improvements in areas I’d struggled with in Australia, namely starting and downwinds. Every day I felt faster and faster downwind, and with a solid week of training in Fort Lauderdale with Paige Railey and USSTAG coach Luther Carpenter slated for next week, things are looking good for that trend to continue. Final results can be found here.
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