Almost everyone arrived Thursday afternoon and evening to prepare for the first races which were scheduled for Friday afternoon. The remainder of the 13 boats and crews came in Friday morning.

On Friday morning, several boats went out to practice before the afternoon racing, and this turned out to be the best sailing of the day. The wind died by noon, and came back up slightly by the afternoon, at least enough to start a race. The I-20s and MCs shared the same course and marks. The first of two races was sailed in reasonable air, and Grant wowed everyone by winning this race by a large margin. The only problem for Grant was that he was scored DNS in that race for passing on the wrong side of a starting mark. The second race Friday afternoon turned out to be particularly interesting! The race committee observed that the wind was dying throughout the race, so they decided to shorten the course and finish us all at the leeward gate. By “all” this meant both the I-20s and the MCs. With basically the entire MC fleet (41 boats) and the entire I-20 fleet all crossing the finish line within about a minute, it became totally impossible for the race committee to determine who had finished and in what order. In fact, the only one about whom there was no doubt as to his finishing position was Grant, who led this race by as wide a margin as he had led the first race. After much discussion and consternation after race two, it was thrown out.