Final results for six races are below.

Report by Danny Kileen:
On day one of the Western Hemisphere Championships the water temperature was a pleasant 68F and the air temp 72F. A hard rain passed through the Mississippi Gulf Coast area earlier causing the breeze to drop from 12 to 14 knots to a spotty 6 to 10 knots. The wind direction varied from the WSW to SSE while the Race Committee postponed ashore.

The boats were cleared to head out of the harbor at 1:15 as the RC went in search of a steady southerly. Race number 1 had a clean start at 2:30 pm after an hour and a half postponement. The wind at the start was 8 knots from 195 degrees. The 18 boats headed off on Course 4 – Windward Leeward twice around. it was 12 minutes from the start till the first boat reached the weather mark at 2:30pm. Only one race was sailed.

Day Two: Another squall line pushed through the area overnight clearing out the rain and leaving the breeze out of the north at 14 – 16 knots. But the north breeze started to fade away as the day warmed up. The first race of the day started on time at 1:00pm CDT with the wind at 045 degrees and 8 – 10 knots. The fading breeze was a bit shifty and the fleet made their way twice around the windward leeward course in an hour.

Day three: With the wind blowing 30 knots and the “bad squall line” still on its way the decision to call off racing for the day was made. There will be a 10am start on Friday with the possibility of three races. Everyone is anxious to get the four races in to qualify the event as a regatta and get a discard race. A tour of Trinity Yachts is set for the afternoon and then Pizza at Fregenes tonight, Austin & Sally’s place.

Race four: Race started at 10am with 8 knots of breeze from 320. The NW breeze began to lighten a bit as the race progressed. 17 boats completed the twice around windward leeward course. The race committee is setting up to start race number 5.