Opening day wasn't great for us, we were guilty of a poor start, going the wrong way on the first work windward and then making more poor decisions. We can't even be viewed on the start line as we were sailed over by all the other boats. We then found a dead area whilst the rest of the fleet sailed away, we struggled to view them they were so far away.
You could imagine our surprise we we later learned we were second across the line because the other boats went in the other direction rounding the wrong buoys; because we were so far behind, we never followed and crossed in front of all but one boat - kind of like a Steven Bradbury moment. Fortunately, a week later at the Royal Freshwater Yacht Club opening day, we sailed a pretty good race and earned our second across the line place - a vastly improved performance.
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