Sails: Interrupt mainsail and genoa, EP spinnaker.
Three starts, three times crossing the line too close to the pin struggling to clear. Clearly, a new starting strategy is essential to obtaining better results in the future.
Downwind sail trim was poor, as can be seen in the video below. Spinnaker flagging, collapsing, filling, failing to drive the boat to speed.
Nearly lost a place to Windswept as she moved from clear astern to almost ahead over less than 15 seconds -- a speed difference of about 1.2 kts.
The video shows Constance rolling side to side as the spinnaker fills and collapses. Windswept remains steady.
Trimmer standing at the mast, one hand on the pole, tending to look around instead of straight up, slow to respond to changes in the sail.
Remember seeing 6+kts very infreqently when running despite the winds.
Day's Results: Laughing Gull (18), LinGin (19), Latika (28), Constance (35), Windswept (37), Skybird (39).
Constance and Windswept at the finish of the first race