Get off my back - I just submitted the report and it's 12:16am. Our goal is to get as many races in as possible. The wind and weather was so good today, I chose (after consulting with Fairlie) to push the fleet out for one more race late in the day. I couldn't stand to see that wind go unused! We probably won't push so late further into the week. Our turnarounds have been inconsistent but at a very high speed this early in the week. our shortest was 15 minutes and our longest 45. It all depends on what kind of attention the boats need inbetween rounds.
We put a lot of focus on the beach staff this year but we lost Darline who normally does the web reporting. I foolishly thought I would be able to pick up the slack but that's not quite the case. The last two years, we have had two people working the beach - this year we have seven. We have a scribe (Robyn Strickland) that takes notes from the sailors as they hit the beach about anything that needs attention on the boat, we have one person assigned to two boat numbers to handle minor issues and help get the boats on the beach and turned around (David Strickland, Chris Zander, Tim Owens, Zack), then we have Robbie Daniel and Greg Goodall who are standing ready to fix major things (like replacing a spinnaker or battens, etc.).
Robi's doing such a good job reporting from the water, I may see if he would be interested in putting together a daily report to keep me from being up so late!
