Farr Out failed to finish last night in a dying breeze after being third to the windward mark and probably first on handicap. As it was we were scored DNC (did not compete) rather than DNF (did not finish) or as it should be RTD (retired).
Anyway with a southerly direction in the breeze and a windward mark of I against the north arm of Portland Harbour our considered tactic of a port tack pin end start and taking the right side on the beat paid off. We need to remember this for similar conditions.
Afterwards I had a grump with the Cruiser class captain, much as I hate to be an embittered handicap racer - I guess it's just unavoidable but the fact remains that at least 3 of the 6 races in the series had been marred by a dying breeze and as the slowest boat in the fleet it made no sense that the larger and faster boats were generally finishing before the breeze died. As Folio (MGC27) is sailing in the class below and gives us time under WSC PY handicap it might be an idea if we sail in that class next series, but then that would probably upset some people there. Predictably people are starting to notice our handicap anyway.........
Looking forward to the RDYC regatta on saturday where we're sailing in the IRC class, so we can escape from the PY mess.
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