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NO RAIN, WARMER AND WINDER THAN FORECAST WHICH WAS A GREAT SURPRISE. MOST OF THE CROWD GOT STARTED ON 4.7-7.0 BUT ALL SEEMED TO BE USING RELATIVELY SMALLER SAILS THAN NORMAL AND WERE EVEN RIGGING SMALLER. NOTEWORTHY THAT TOM WAS SAILING BEFORE 11AM, DON CRIER WENT FROM 7.0 TO 5.9 AND ENDED WITH 5.1 AND DON JACKSON GOT IN 4 SESSIONS.
THE TACK WAS TO THE NORTH CABINS, MOST RUNS ACROSS THE IWC JIBING BETWEEN THE PIERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SPOIL ISLAND. FIRST FEW RUNS WERE OUT OF BALANCE AND OVER POWERED, 1" MORE DOWN AND OUTHAUL RESOLVED THAT. NISSED AN OUTSIDE AND A COUPLE OF INSIDE JIBES. DEFINITE WIND LINE MIDWAY AND GUST ZONE ON INSIDE SANDBAR BUT FAIRLY CONSISTENT POWERED RUNS ALL THE TIME. DID SEVERAL INSIDE FAST TACKS AND A JUST A COUPLE OF JUMPS. ALSO RUN UPWIND OF THE NORTH CABINS ONCE, ABOUT HALF WAY ACROSS TO KING RANCH SHORELINE. THE SWELLS WERE NOT ORGANIZED BUT SEEMED BIGGER THAN NORMAL. THE TACK FOR THE SECOND SESSION WAS TO THE BOAT RAMP CHANNEL MARKERS AT THE IWC, JIBING AROUND THE GREEN AND RED TRIANGLE MARKERS.
HIGHLY RATED DAY BY ALL CONCERNED, LOT'S OF SAILORS AND ALL GETTING PLENTY OF WATER TIME. HAVE HAD SMOOTHER 4.7 DAYS BEFORE BUT JUST BEING A LITTLE OFF ISN'T A REASON TO LOWER THE RATING!
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