#Winning
This is officially my first winning race at a regatta. The conditions were exceptionally rough and I'm surprised, but happy the regatta wasn't cancelled. The heavy winds blowing up the course created white caps and 1-2' swells for most of the race. The weather also created challenges launching and retrieving boats resulting in a queue of over an hour to launch boats from the docks. The races were held until the boats arrived at the start. I attribute my winning of this race to my ability to keep it together in what were just awful survival conditions in a 1x. The tops of the waves occasionally reached both sides of my wing rigger.
2011 Head of the Passaic Hosted by PRRA / Nereid October 15th, 2011
Race 6a: 10:04 AM Mens Open 1x
Final
Place Bow Organization Net Time % Delta Raw Handicap Penalty Start Finish
1st 60 New York RA (D. Wiedaseck) 19:16.03 19:16.03 03:43:04.84 04:02:20.87
2nd 62 Carnegie Lake (T. Atrous) 19:49.62 2.9% 00:33.59 19:49.62 03:43:34.35 04:03:23.97
61 Nereid BC (J. Fernandez) Scratch
This is officially my first winning race at a regatta. The conditions were exceptionally rough and I'm surprised, but happy the regatta wasn't cancelled. The heavy winds blowing up the course created white caps and 1-2' swells for most of the race. The weather also created challenges launching and retrieving boats resulting in a queue of over an hour to launch boats from the docks. The races were held until the boats arrived at the start. I attribute my winning of this race to my ability to keep it together in what were just awful survival conditions in a 1x. The tops of the waves occasionally reached both sides of my wing rigger.
2011 Head of the Passaic Hosted by PRRA / Nereid October 15th, 2011
Race 6a: 10:04 AM Mens Open 1x
Final
Place Bow Organization Net Time % Delta Raw Handicap Penalty Start Finish
1st 60 New York RA (D. Wiedaseck) 19:16.03 19:16.03 03:43:04.84 04:02:20.87
2nd 62 Carnegie Lake (T. Atrous) 19:49.62 2.9% 00:33.59 19:49.62 03:43:34.35 04:03:23.97
61 Nereid BC (J. Fernandez) Scratch
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