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.
Are we to assume by this that you didn’t have a good time?
Comment by Karen — September 4, 2006 @ 9:03 pm
The most over-rated regatta of the year. I am boycotting it.
Comment by Chris Morlan — September 14, 2006 @ 3:17 am
I heard RC’s and Dir. have homo tendencies and ironically give out “seamanship” trophies for not knowing how to control their boat and not knowing how to race.
Comment by CTW — September 23, 2006 @ 8:42 pm
Um, Dad I definately think that you need to rant about how light the air is going to be for every race that I am in for the rest of my life. If all my race days were hevey air I could win more often. And I think you might need to barrow moms crystal ball. It might help you make predictions.
Comment by Chelsea — September 25, 2006 @ 10:07 am
Chelsea - Learn to spell. It’s a life skill. I’ll give you some hints: definately, hevey, barrow
Comment by DavidB — September 25, 2006 @ 9:00 pm
Sorry, I switched in my spelling skills for sarcasm skillz…. with a Z
Comment by Chelsea — October 7, 2006 @ 2:54 am