The Unknown Master
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Due to a complete lack of wind, and a forecast for the same for the rest of the day, the race committee cancelled racing for today. We will resume Thursday with race 4. Race 4 was abandoned on Tuesday after about 4 boats had finished. The course had been shortened at the second weather mark after the wind had almost totally died on the downwind leg. The leeward gate rounding resembled a 1970's era demolition derby on ABC's Wide World of Sports. The wind was barely blowing hard enough to move the boats against the heavy current, and there was a lot of crashing - everybody wanted to go to the right gate, as the left gate was about 50 feet further downwind.
21 boats picked up Z flag penalties in race 4, so all will be starting with a 16 point penalty. In addition, the on the water jury was handing out yellow flag rule 42 propulsion violations like Lucky Strike used to give us GIs free cigarettes during the second big war. So a lot of boats need to be careful not to catch the jury's eye again on Thursday.
TUM
21 boats picked up Z flag penalties in race 4, so all will be starting with a 16 point penalty. In addition, the on the water jury was handing out yellow flag rule 42 propulsion violations like Lucky Strike used to give us GIs free cigarettes during the second big war. So a lot of boats need to be careful not to catch the jury's eye again on Thursday.
TUM