Winter Series Race #4 Well, that was fun!  Race 4 of our winter series had it all: wind current and boats headed off in all kinds of directions, all coming together at the H mark, and then a tacking duel home. The RC had anticipated less than pleasant weather and chose a river start and finish.  By the time the boats made their way to the start box, the rain had stopped. It stayed away for the duration of the race.  The wind was gusty, generally SE, but was clocking Southerly.  RC set 2 courses, GHY for A fleet and HY for B&C Fleets, with one start. We started nicely at 12:00, with no one over early and no protest flags (even though there should have been).  It was a nice reach down the river no tack needed and current pushing us along.  We all made reached off out of the river with A fleet and some of B fleet going to G.  The B fleet boats that went directly to H met up with A fleet we all tried to make the mark rounding at the same time.  My crew and I made that both a spectacle and a little more challenging. Our spinnaker take down did not go well but we were inside 3 of boat lengths a few boats had to give us room.  I couldn't finish the turn with my spinnaker flying so I headed out for a bit to clean up the mess.  I think most everyone was happy that I pushed Espresso out to make a really wide turn but in the end it didn't matter. The wind eased a bit on the way home, the gusts were not as frequent but still plenty to get us all back to the finish.  Espresso was 1st to finish and 1st in A Fleet, Jabez got 1st in B fleet correcting out over Mei Li and was lucky that Isola followed A fleet out to G mark.