District 18 Champs

My sailing adventure for this past weekend was to drive to Vermillion, OH to sail in the District 18 Championship on Lake Erie. I arrived friday night and stayed with the Shockey brothers who happened to be hosting the event. Saturday morning we awoke to the sound of rain drumming on the windows, and a forecast for a cold and windy day. Of course this was not going to stop the show from going on, so around noon the first race was started with the breeze coming from the North Westerly direction at around 14 to 15 knots. This breeze held for the first three races until a significant left shift came through and the breeze died off a bit. My scores were 1,3,1,4 consistent enough to be tied for the lead at the end of the day. The next morning was similar to the day before just amplified. More rain, more wind, and about 10 degrees colder! After looking at the harbor entrance, the wind direction, the 25+ wind velocity, and the 8 to 12 foot + wave height the RC would not let us sail in these epic conditions. After much persuasion from the locals I reluctantly decided not to go out on what I thought was sure to be an awesome sail, and so that was that. I packed up my boat, getting the best of the tie breaker I gathered my winning trophy, thanked everyone for a great time, said bye to my friends and headed home.