This weekend Flexi won Division J (PHRF) in the Frank Stone regatta with a 2-1-1-1 series.
The first race we were unable to avoid a luff by Petard just after the windward offset mark (rule 11, 17.1 does not apply). As a result we had to sail clear and do our two turns. We almost managed to catch Petard again, finishing only seconds behind them. However that meant we weren't far enough ahead of Harp on corrected time. In the second race we were once again close to Petard on the first upwind leg (with them protesting us in a port/startboard situation, this protest was disallowed). We had an interesting situation with Two Scoops at the end of the first (or second) downwind leg where they pushed us to the starboard gate and then fell off to round the port gate, clearly in violation of rule 17.1. We were focused on our rounding and didn't see them fall off or we would have had yet another protest.
On Sunday the division was down to four boats and the winds were up. We finished both races way ahead of any competition. Our downwind sail handling felt good (less rolling than Saturday, probably due to a flatter chute).
Tonay has put up pictures from the weekend here. The latest version of the rules are available in PDF format here.
