six meter world championships final day

This Nor' Easter just will not move away. Another day of racing with NE winds, at least in or near our wind range.

We only had one race although two were scheduled.

I hope the people who travelled so far to come to Newport enjoyed themselves.

I have never in my life sailed a regatta where all but one start was under a black flag.

"Madcap" ended the regatta in third place in our division, probably about where we should be in the conditions in which we sailed.

6 meter north american championship final day

Sunday, brought a pressure driven NNE wind 12-18 knots. In the words of the English it was "snakes and ladders" Despite the wind strength of the wind it was very shifty and puffy.

I the final race of the day we set up for a leeward start which looked favored, and in the final 10 seconds it was clear we would not be able to cross the line on starboard, we tacked and wove our way across the fleet on port. This took us to the right side of the course, while our plan had been to play the left.

Bill Green, brought "Nancy" from England. Bill is from San Francisco but has lived and worked for the last 40 years in England. We first met during the 1968 Trans-atlantic race to Travemunde.

In our division, classic yachts, "Totem" showed good speed and very strong tactics.

Today is the annual meeting for the Six Meter class and tomorrow the World Championship starts.