Let’s do some free word association. What comes to you mind when you hear the phrase, “Houston NOOD?”
Light air. Cancelled race days. Poor tactical decisions. Oil spills. Wicked fast boat with poor results. Second place in 2002. Very, very light air. Losing a 1st place tiebreaker in 2003 with racing cancelled on the last day. I hate second place. Second place. First loser. Funky race committee decisions. Light f%ckin air.
All these things and more remind me of the Houston NOOD. Maybe it’s just my imagination, but the weather is especially poor in the even years, when LYC does race committee. In 2004, a race committee official cancelled a race we were leading. We had a steady 0 to 3 knots of breeze when he proclaimed over the radio, “The race is canceled. I see a big hole headed this way. The wind is going to die.”
I’ll repeat that in case you missed it; “The wind is going to die.”
Update, 22-Sep-2006 Ok. Looks like I was wrong. First day forcast is 15 to 25 with a small craft warning thrown in for good measure. Maybe Mother Nature is pissed at me because of my prediction. I’m going out on a J/24 and earn some bruises.
