With winds gusting to 15 yesterday morning and picking up to 20 in the afternoon, we had a long day of working on heavy air sailing. The beginner opti class had three kids per boat and had no trouble with the breeze. As the afternoon approached, the opti race team headed out into the river to work on boat handling in strong winds to prepare for Stonehorse on Monday. We a few team members capsize but they were all smiles on the way in as they were pumping the waves and having a blast.In the meantime, the 420 Advanced class headed to boater's beach to work on trapping with D.J. It was their first time on the wire in heavy air and they loved every minute of it. Ali took the opti advanced class out in the knockabout for it's first sail of the season. They looked great out there!
Mildred called from Edgartown to update us on the results from yesterday. There were 75 boats that started the day and only 32 that ended the day (as a result of the heavy breeze). Three out of the four of our WDYC boats made it through the whole day!! The fourth had their forestay snap and had no choice but to retire for the day. There is no doubt in my mind they will be back out on the race course dominating today! Chris Warner and Marissa Sullivan had a 3rd place finish in the second race of the day (way to go!) The other boats had consistent finishes (top 20 of the fleet). We will post results as soon as they are online. Keep up the good work WDYC :-)
Best of luck to our sailors on Monday in Stonehorse and Tuesday at Hyannis Invitational!
Sail fast,
Meghan
