The 2010 Midwinters East, and ISAF Grade 1 event, starts in less than two weeks with sailing on the Gulf off of Clearwater, Florida. This is shaping up to be another premier event with nearly 150 sailors, from 24 countries, pre-registered already! Its not too late to make you plans to be there, registration does not close until February 15! Download the NOR here, go to online registration here, or follow this link to see who is already registered!
Racing at the Midwinters East is underway! The lead article at www.laser.org has been updated with links to get the latest info, including live updates from the race course.
In the meantime, if I believe iWindSurf's Clearwater Beach graph, looks like wind was in the mid to upper teens around the start of racing, dropping to around 10 or so by now. Starting from North and shifting to Northwest.
And, of course, Clay Johnson's Blog has his view of the racing posted. I'd be surprised not to see something on John Bertrand's blog before the evening is over.
Thanks for asking them on the wind speed and thanks to them for including it - much better mental picture now (not that it's a good looking picture today)
And, of course, Clay Johnson's Blog has his view of the racing posted. I'd be surprised not to see something on John Bertrand's blog before the evening is over.
Kudos to JB for showing all the youngsters a thing or two. But the problem is that when some old geezer like him performs at such a high level it stops the rest of us from using the excuse that we are only slow because we are old. Slow down old man!