 Patience is key to sailing. I want to thank our race committee volunteers for their patience this week. The team headed by Christian Koerner and Randy Phillips and crew and supported by the Georgia Tech Sailing club did a phenomenal job to notice the movement in the clouds above the still water. They held off until the breeze came and we had yet another gorgeous Wednesday Night Race.
Our boat might have been filled with excessive patience this week. We normally arrive at the club at about 6:15 after the 2 hour drive from my work in Newnan and have to scramble to put our boat in the water and run the motor at full tilt while rigging to make the race. However this week we were early and Papa Doug was determined to sail out instead of break out the motor. This is a challenge we love to give ourselves on team Highlander because why make so much racket when you could have peace and quiet? We did manage to complete this challenge this week despite my impatience and desire to reach for the motor. We kept scooting inch after inch, but because we sailed out, we were one of the first boats to experience the new breeze filling from the south. The whole time we were waiting, we got to enjoy beautiful views, fun drinks, and good conversation. This week reminded me that patience always pays off. My poke and prod (all in good fun of course) this week goes to the Melges 24 fleet. They live a cushy life with their top of the board starting order and their speedy boats. They very frequently complete their entire course as prescribed and rarely have to worry about a shortened course. Well lemme tell you, us 'slow' boats get to see that S flag go up just about every week and get pretty used to needing to look out for it. At the boat ramp, there were quite a few stragglers in the melges fleet who were even lagging behind that pesky J22 (I wonder who that is... :P) to get out of the water. However there were also quite a few boats that appeared to have been packed up and long gone. Turns out sometimes slow is fast and taking your time to check the course or for signals can save you precious time later. Insert friendly reminder about carrying a VHF to listen for courtesy broadcast and keeping your eyes peeled for RC signals and postings (Yes VHF broadcasts from RC are a courtesy not a requirement). My examples this week all illustrate that sometimes slow is fast. A long smooth rounding is a fast one for boatspeed, sailing through the header to better pressure gets you to the top mark first, and monitoring for signals keeps you on course. So stay patient; you will be rewarded with wind and speedy races. Here's your reminder that next week is a dinner week! As always let me know if there are any corrections needed to the scores. Thank you, Kyle _________________________________________________________________ Comments are closed.
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