Emerald Cup: H20 Boa, S20 and Overall Winner

Emerald Cup was a lot of fun this year. Several boats sailed really well and showed great improvement. Eve won a race and nearly trophied (which would have terminated Adam's novice skipper status!). Summerwind had a couple really good races. Pizzazz finished 3rd in the first race on Sunday. Way to go girls! Guano Girl finished 2nd in a race on Saturday and 3rd in the last race on Sunday (which was significant...). One Eyed Jack had a great regatta with three bullets and some other low numbers.
Race two on Saturday was their worst finish. They tossed out a six. That race was also our worst... We were over early and tossed a four. Going into the last race we had seven points to One Eyed Jack's five (not counting the eventual toss outs). We needed to put a couple boats between us.
It was a long race (triangle, windward, leeward) and things were looking pretty good. We were ahead of One Eyed Jack and it looked like we had the possibility of one boat between us but no guarantee. Additionally, we had one boat in front of us. Loose Nuts is ordinarily next to impossible to pass but they were not have a typical regatta. On the last full beat, we converged on the left side of the course. Both of us were on port with Loose Nuts above. We managed to pinch up and force them to tack away. We continued on and played the puffs. The next time we converged we were on starboard and in front.
We maintained our lead on the final run and beat to the finish. Loose Nuts hung on for second. It looked like Guano Girls was clinging to third with One Eyed Jack in hot pursuit. It was close but Guano Girl managed to finish third and in front of One Eyed Jack even after splitting from the fleet's trend up the left side. One Eyed Jack took forth and placed second in the regatta.
Gordon bolted soon after we got off the water to celebrate his wedding anniversary. It was up to Don and me to represent H2O Boa and collect the hardware. Of course we had to thank the RC. After all the discussion here about Race Committee Mistakes, it was nice to sail a well run regatta! We also expressed our appreciation for the excellent competition. We were rooting for old One Eye. She's been sailing well and we'd love to see here win a regatta. Finally, we know that our Skipper would like to thank his crew...


Foredeck's View on Downwind LegTrimmer's View on Downwind Leg

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