Columbus Day Regatta 2007 Results
Coming into the Columbus Day Regatta weekend, the forecast was looking similar to Harvest Regatta . SAT...SW WIND... BECOMING S 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES... BUILDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. NW SWELL 8 FT AT 11 SECONDS. CHANCE OF RAIN. SUN...S WIND... RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 5 FT. NW SWELL 8 FT. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON Saturday was light and fluky which is not good when the current is a knot or two... Ten Santana 20's made the trip for this fun regatta. Choosing to avoid current but finding less wind... placed us in 4th for race one. The wind was a little more stable at the beginning of the second race but it totally shut down at the end. We were withing 200 feet of the finish and barely making progress as we short tacked the north shore to stay out of as much current as possible. We had a comfortable lead in terms of distance but nothing was comfortable with the conditions. We struggled to mai...