29th May 31, 2015
Results: race resultsPhotos: click here
For the first edition of the
Friday Night Slalom Series I didn’t know what to expect,
so I loaded everything into the
car, the big kit the small kit and everything in between.
We got there in good time, after
leaving home on Friday morning.
We had the skippers meeting at 5 o’clock quickly
followed by the first start at 5: 30pm.
That is actually a good time to
start as at this time of the year the wind picks up late.
The turnout was very good which
was encouraging for the first Friday night Slalom Series.
I had a reasonable start just
behind Sean Kelly, my gybe at the first buoy was good enough to get past and I
won the first race without too much trouble.
I went back
upwind to the start line without delay for the next race.
I knew that
there was only a few hours of day light left so there was no time to hang
around.
The Slalom
start technique was coming back to me so I had a better start on the second
race.
I seamed to remember
that I had a good battle with Sean Kelly to the first mark,
We gybed
together and raced each other all the way to the finish. I managed to stay
ahead by a few boards length to win the second race. Again I made my
way strait back to the start line without delay. Having a god start at the 3rd
race
With a good
battle with the front runners and sailed pretty hard to stay ahead of the
fleet.
Sailed back to
the start boat ready for the 4th race but the woodies came out and
the course got so busy that we had to stop the racing for the day.
Back to the
shore we were meet with hot pizza and drinks, those did not last very long with
a bunch of hungry windsurfers. The atmosphere was really cool. Hanging around
Crissy Fields with a bunch of windsurfers on a Friday night is always a great
experience.
Round one of
the first Friday Night Slalom Series was a great success.
Thank you for
the StFYC for organizing the event and all volunteers who made this happen!
I look forward to see more racers in the
water for the next
event.