Cal Team Race

Saturday, March 1st

The day started out promising, with a strong southeasterly wind coming in while everyone rigged at the docks, but soon after launching it became apparent that it was going to be a shifty day. Various cells were moving through, and the wind remained relatively light for the rest of the day, with shifts coming from all directions. The racecourse ended up going through a 360-degree rotation, with much of the day spent adapting the course to the shifts. Given this, it was impressive that everyone managed to pull off almost half of the races in the first round robin over the course of the day.

Sunday, March 2nd

Sunday ended up being a much more productive day for sailing, with the breeze eventually clocking around to a steady west/southwesterly of 10-15 kts. We managed to accomplish the other half of the first round robin in only a few hours, but unfortunately we were not left with enough time to complete a second round. Instead, the race committee decided to run two playoff brackets, one for the top and bottom four seeded teams from the round robin respectively. All in all, it ended up being a great day for team racing, finished off by some closely-matched finals.