Corinthian Mids Get Glorious Weather

The first weekend of the Corinthian YC Midwinters didn’t disappoint the nearly 150 starters for weather. Although the breeze never settled in for more than 45 minutes at any point, the temps that reached the 70’s, and non-stop sunshine to go along with them, had sailors practically peeling-off layers at every mark rounding.

The Central Bay courses used on Saturday were fraught with massive holes that left entire divisions parked — at times together. That was the case for the first three or four starts. After PHRF 1 got away on time, only to be stymied by little to no breeze and the building flood tide, a postponement and breeze that built ever so slightly caused the second three divisions to show up at Little Harding at the same time with spinnakers up. In the end, due to overly-optimistic course selection and the massive holes west of Pt. Blunt, four of the 14 divisions didn’t count a finisher between them by the time the 5 p.m. time limit had been reached.

On Sunday, the R/C got the course selection squared away, sending all the divisions east through Raccoon Strait to the North Bay courses. Nearly every division ended the day with elapsed time spreads in the 2- to 3.5-hour range. Despite a nice fat puff at the start, there was a big hole and a restart after the boats exited the Strait.

The next weekend of the Corinthian YC Midwinters is February 21-22, while results for both Saturday and Sunday are already available online at the series’ webpage.