Windless in Seattle

I've never experienced a total shutout in terms of wind for a regatta. This year's Seattle NOOD came close. Friday's racing wasn't bad. The winds were light as we never really reached typical hull speed but the racing was fair (to the credit of the RC) and competitive. After three races, H2O Boa was tied with What About Bob? for first place with scores of 1, 2 and 4.
Our bullet in race one was something of a special gift from Q. We were running downwind on the penultimate leg in third behind Q and Bob. Q appeared confused as they approached the finish pin (the same color as our leeward mark). They hoisted their genny, doused their kite, rounded the finish pin (going through the finish line) and were now facing us... looking for the finish. It didn't take them long to realize they rounded the wrong mark as they set their spinnaker rather quickly. Unfortunately, it took a few extra moments to realized the finish line was restricted and they incurred a penalty.
We finished the run close to Bob and rounded outside of them. Their rounding was initiated close to the pin which gave us room to cut inside coming back up wind. With the advantage, we managed to cover Bob and cross the line first.
Saturday's racing was a total bust. Nearly motionless AP flag... all day long. The forecast for Sunday wasn't promising but the centerboard boats didn't race on Friday... Their regatta hadn't even started yet. Sunday was in fact the same program all over again. Only this time the RC had to force something. So we went out on the water to wait...

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