Race 6

Another lite big rig day again on the Harbour with breeze from the S/E made for a very snakes and ladders day of racing... add that to the congestion of satday yacht racing, it was a very churned up race track, and with the breeze shifting all over, the start boat didint know where to head
We managed a great start with clear air down near the favoured port end again, and as the JJ week has progressed, more and more teams have seen the benefit of getting away from all the mess of the boat end... so we cruised our way up the first work not far from SX and the leading pack... down the first run we passed some skiffs that where getting parked by all the racing yachts and manged to keep good speed and clear air... then came the carnage... some idiot who should know better decided they where a little confused between port and starbord, so as we gybed back to starbord to get down to the mark this other well known skiff skipper decided to just plow straight into us, then the usual locked wings and poles and parking at the mark followed... end result we loose about 10 boats and the idiot sails off into the distance without penalty circles or even a word of apology... we would have been better off bracking something in the crash and protesting to get average points... but thats not really my idea of fair sailing
In the end we held off some skiffs but couldnt undo the damage from the crash and ended up in a dissapointing 25th... the guys we where with before the crash ended up with a nice mid fleet 15th... exaclty the result we needed to keep us in the mid field... but oh no some people would rather crash into you than race fair
With todays last race and another lite day predicted its all on for the leading pack of 5 skiffs... anyone of these can win the JJ... im guessing lots of close match racing and probably some crashes and protests will help decide the winner... whoever can stay away from all that will win this very close regatta... best of luck to all 5 skiffs in contention... SX.. 7.. Appliances.. Rag and Active Air