There were 3 races on Saturday and 2 on Sunday, with a 3rd started
and abandoned due to a roughly 180 degree windshift and then wind
fade to nothing. All 6 starts showed the "C" course which was twice
around marks to port, windward offset and leeward gate.
Saturday was windy. By the end of racing the Bay was covered in
whitecaps. Going right on the beats for ebb, and going straight to
the gate or downwind finish on runs seemed the thing to do. The last
race many people were commenting on how to stop their boats
submerging on runs. There were a number of spinouts as opposed to
capsizes, although there plenty of those too.
Sunday the first start was delayed for quite a while due to very
light air, then the course was reset a few times as the wind clocked.
The courses were reset between each race. The water was flat relative
to Saturday. The breeze was much lighter with a lot of shifts.
Current alone was not determining strategy on beats. A number of
times people in the middle of the course did better than people on
the right in the stronger ebb. Downwind, sometimes staying right for
current relief worked, but other times people in the middle of the
course got good puffs and caught boats.
