Day 2 of OCR

The second day of racing brought a brisk breeze(for Florida) and sunny skies to the Bay after the passing of a cold front late yesterday. The Race Committee tucked the race course right up under the Biscayne Bridge which made for a very puffy/shifty course with the 8-12 knot Northerly. We managed to complete three races, with the wind shifting to the NNE towards the end of the day.

In the first race, after jostling with the Fins and the top French boat we were able to win the pin! Such a great feeling. After holding our lane off the line, we were able to get in phase and hold our own with the top boats(GBR). We rounded the top mark in 4th, and near to the leeward mark, Jesse's fell backwards during the final gybe. After a few seconds of barely hanging on to the most back part of the wing/traveler bar, he was able to finagle his way back in the boat. The near-catastrophe was thankfully avoided leaving us only losing 5 boats on the mishap. We ended up finished 17th in the race, but with high spirits after some great moments. The one downside was our rig being too tight resulting in us being noticeably slower than the other top boats.

After a general recall start, and with the Black flag up, we were able to successfully fight it out at the boat and come out with another fantastic start! Unfortunately, after our great positioning off the line, we found ourselves a little too right(big lefty), and rounded the windward in 25th. But after some good downwinds and a good second upwind, we finished up 18th.

In the final race of the day, with the wind shifting right, we again found ourselves battling it out at the boat. We had another good start, and as we attempted to tack and lead the fleet to the right, we fumbled a tack ( As Jesse crossed the boat and attempted to hook in to his trap, his line was uncleated leaving him bound for the water). Once recovered, we had lost our lane to the right, and had to instead head left(unfavored side). After some tricky sailing as the breeze got more and more shifty, we finished 28th.

On the whole, probably our best sailing day to date!!
-We had three good starts( two we were top 5 off the line with a good lane).
-Rounded the top mark in 4th(right behind FIN, right ahead of GBR)
-We had really good downwind legs with net change over the course of the day +10.

-Jesse