Thursday: Strange Start-Strong Finish

Key West--Today was a strange day, even by the altered standards of this weird weather week at Acura Key West 2008. We were held ashore until noon and then released to flat water, no wind, and gloom. Around 2 p.m. a forecast northerly began to fill in under clearing skies. The breeze built up to 14 knots in the gusts and provided excellent racing conditions. The water stayed flat with only a short fetch from the north and we completed two very solid contests; a four legger and a five legger. Our team is on the upswing health wise (the windless layday really did help us all) and we posted a 6-1 today. We sit atop the class leaderboard heading into Friday's closing session. Darkness was closing in as we pulled into the dock and the social events have been pushed back an hour tonight.

Tomorrow's racing events have been moved up an hour by event organizers scrambling to fill out as many races as possible in light of the two "lost" days. Our team stuck around in the fading twilight this evening and "re-moded" for breezier conditions. Dock time for us is 0730 so I doubt there will be a morning report.

The whiff of Asian food is coming from the other room and I know there are some hungry sailors (a good sign considering what we have been through the past few days). We will eat and prepare for tomorrow's races--possibly as many as three!

-DSG