Today, as part of the crew of Jezebel, I particpated in the 2006 Bermuda J24 Nationals regatta. Last week the Nationals were canceled due to lack of wind, but they went ahead today. There were 5 races, opposed to the usual 3 on a Saturday. Jezebel put on her best perfomance of the year, finishing mid-fleet out of 13 boats! The highlight was race number 3 in which we were leading for most of the race -- it was quite nice to look back and see 12 boats behind us. Prior to start that race however, the race committee changed the course, posted a "2W" on the board. Having foegot our race card, we were not sure what that meant. Gavin's best guess was that it meant 2 laps and then a windward finish, but also made the comment "undoubtedly there will be a boat ahead of us, so we can just follow them...". Sure enough, as we approached the marker after 2 laps, there was not a single boat ahead of us! But our guess turned out to be right. Jezebel was soon overtaken by RHADical, but we held on to finish second, following very closely by Siren. We were (and still are) very excited about a second place finish, out of 13 boats.
