The forecast for today was 20-25 knots wind. It turned out that it wasn’t as exciting and on top of that it rained. Most people were slightly late due to last night’s drinking. I wasn’t that bad, but still not in a great mood after yesterday’s news.<\/p>\n
I arrived at the club early enough to rig in time but the rain was too much we had to stop rigging for a while and then resumed. We were wet before we even started. Tell-tales wouldn’t work, so the whole thing wasn’t looking good. I was late for the first race, so I started late. I didn’t really do that bad, anyway. Nothing exciting happened during the race but still it was OK. I was counting on the second race.<\/p>\n
My sailing watch is completely broken, so I didn’t expect my start to be good. Eventually it wasn’t that bad. I asked the time from someone and then I was counting Mississippis, once again. I went to the line early enough and I had a fairly good start, considering. My first upwind leg was good. It seems that I am consistently sailing well during the first upwind leg. I think that I have to get a bit better so I round the windward mark within the 3 first places. If I can do that, then I need to improve my reaching, so I can start the downwind leg within the first 3 places. If I can do that, then I will be able to stay with the leaders longer. Then it’s a matter of getting consistent and staying with the leaders longer and longer. Then positions will start coming.<\/p>\n
If you are following the leaders and don’t make mistakes, once they make a mistake, you are close enough to take advantage of it and overtake them.<\/p>\n
Anyway, back on the race, the wind died down and it was annoyingly dreadful. It felt like it was back in the summer with light winds and my weight wasn’t helping. I definitely need stronger winds. They cut the race short because at moments we were hardly moving. I hope next weekend there will be nicer wind.<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The forecast for today was 20-25 knots wind. It turned out that it wasn’t as exciting and on top of that it rained. Most people were slightly late due to last night’s drinking. I wasn’t that bad, but still not in a great mood after yesterday’s news. I arrived at the club early enough to… <\/p>\n