What a day!
14 ODOM’s out on the pond today. They’re breeding!
This week Steve Delva did a great job as RD for both classes. Thanks Steve and thanks Bill Bridge for laying the marks and Gil Jansky for retrieving them.
The tuning clinic last week obviously paid off with the fleet being very close throughout all heats, at times a little too close. :O
With a good breeze blowing, some skippers didn’t quite have their time on distance calculations dialled in, me included! :O
Nevertheless, penalty turns were taken as applicable and there was some healthy discussions afterwards, which highlighted how any one situation can have at least two perspectives.
Well sailed guys…
Next was the Solings. Breeze was still which saw these heavier displacement boats revel in the conditions.
Some tight racing throughout the heats with lots of close encounters.
Apologies Gerry for my ‘Specsavers’ moment. :O
All in all it was a fantastic day on the pond with a number of onlookers from the public and almost standing room only in the peanut gallery.
Wonderful to see some of the sailors from the ODOM’s stay to watch the show.
– Chris Davidson (VC Sail)
And thank you, Larry Grant, for recording and sharing some of the races on our Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/1333203860/videos/3982029032066019/
https://www.facebook.com/1333203860/videos/1853228208780988/
https://www.facebook.com/1333203860/videos/950306087212148/
https://www.facebook.com/1333203860/videos/661070956290631/