A quick story that some of the east coasters probably already know.
We were out there back in '97 or so when the NAs were in Newport. I think we were racing north of Prudence Island that day. The r/c gets on the radio with a nice welcome, and a reminder that there's a 2 kt. ebb... they know who the lake sailors are and will be watching closely. Hmmm.... wonder what they mean by that.
As we're getting close to the start, there's this enourmous hole right at the favoured r/c end of the line. My main trimmer is giggling, and suggests we take this gift. With 30 seconds to go, we're looking pretty good... and at 10 seconds, we finally discover what the r/c was talking about. Try getting back in light air with a foul current... painful.
We had an unforgettable time that week.
