ahead of him tangled near a short finish the line. Gaucho shut Kowloon out and, us. The wind died near west point and
line. Just ahead of him, Here and Now along with Here and Now led on a long then we were on a light easterly ghosting
carried a spinnaker into the finish on close reach. Past West Point the wind north towards the turning mark, then
starboard, then had to crash maneuver started to die. Puffs off the west shore just as we approached the weather mark
to extract her pole from the backstay looked briefly promising. Tryst trimmer this great Northerly came rippin' in to
of Wood and Wind who, on port under and tactician Al Hughes said, “Tryst send us home in style. All I could see
main alone was evidently not paying closed up substantially on the leaders in front of us was boats rolling, keels
attention after the finish. since they were in a hole near the north in the air, and spinnakers flogging all
Peter Shorett, racing Karma said mark. The wind was fading and going over the place.”
“We started at the boat with Lunchbox easterly until we were finally beating Shifty, blustery conditions produced
ahead and to leeward on a nice for the last mile. The wind started to countless bloopers. Gladiator's spinnaker
southeast breeze. That lasted until we fill in out of the north shortly before went into the water near Blakely Rock
hit westpoint where we hit sudden 60 we rounded the mark. Eventually we and the spinnaker on Andiamo went up
degree shifts. We limped around the pulled down the .6 kite to sail wing and sideways. Shoot the Moon jammed her
rock just behind Lunchbox with Corvo wing with the jib while watching some #2 halyard (forcing someone up the rig
behind to a building breeze that lasted other boat's troubles.”Good luck helped to cut the sail down before rounding
until the wind off Shilshole turned Tryst take first. Blakely Rocks), then shredded her
into a light north easterly. While on the Fleet P10 winner, Ben Braden, spinnaker on the last leg of the race.
last leg, a big dark cloud to the north owner of More Uff Da, said, “With the Kowloon and Gaucho broached with
brought a 25+ knot northly. We were clouds looming to the right it looked plenty of company. Andy Scheen’s
lead boat sailing down with dozens like a westerly would come in. Halfway Thunderbird briefly wrapped her
of kites behind. Pretty soon we saw across from West Point the westerly did spinnaker wrapped around her forestay,
lots of wipe outs and blown kites. We appear and our tactic of giving up the but still managed to win P11. The most
cruised through the finish line hitting left side of the course looked great. We heartbreaking story is that after racing,
13 knots." He added, “If you saw Karma did a fast bare headed change to the big as the crew was lifting the Olson 30
on Wednesday, you would have been sail. Then the southerly filled back in Seattle Sea Dog, they caught her mast
amazed that we even made it to the and every gain we had from the westerly in the hoist, causing a compression
race course.” Wood n' Wind beat Karma was lost. The whole group converged break. After working so hard to get the
on corrected time. at the rock with Ladybug in the lead. The boat ready, this wasn't the start they
Fleet P8 favored the boat end of Olson 25 Three Ring Circus was next, then envisioned. by Wendy Hinman
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