Daily Reports

Day 3 – Thursday, October 14, 2004

Day Three of racing started like the previous ones, with a postponement and raising “AP” at 0850.  The flag was lowered at 0944, and preparations for Race 6 were underway.

Race 6 was a five leg windward-leeward course at 080’ starting in 10k of wind.  The team from Davis Island Yacht Club was OCS and restarted correctly.  Most of the top teams, Vicki Sodaro (San Francisco Yacht Club), Joni Palmer (Deep Creek Yacht Club), and Kathy Irwin (Rush Creek Yacht Club), led the fleet up the left side of the course on the first beat.  At the weather mark, the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club team was first by a few boat lengths, followed in a parade to the leeward mark, by the rest of the fleet.  At the leeward mark, Sodaro passed Besse, and the rest of the fleet continued the parade.   On the next beat, all the boats went left, but there were no place changes for the rest of the race, except for the last three places.

The second race of the day (Race 7), was started promptly after the competitors changed boats, as the wind remained steady in direction, although there was a little decrease in velocity.  Gail Heausler (Davis Island Yacht Club) hit the starting mark, and restarted.  A course change was made after the first beat , and the wind velocity continued to decrease.  Joni Palmer followed closely by Kathryn Meyer (Corinthian Yacht Club Seattle) moved out on the fleet with a large lead, followed by a group of six boats in a tight pack as they approached the leeward mark.    Vicki Sodaro emerged from the pack and passed Palmer on the second leeward leg.  The top five boats were still tightly bunched. After the fleet passed the second windward mark, there were no changes in positions.

After unsuccessfully trying to set a line and course in the bay, the Race Committee postponed Race 8 until Friday and the fleet returned to the club for a refreshing group photo in the pool.

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