Last weekend my dad, brother Brad (from Toronto eh), brother Phil and I sailed in the Leech Lake regatta for the second year in a row. There was about 50 boats in 7 divisions with prizes going to the top three in each division. The boats are ranked by complex rating system and grouped into the divisions based on the rating. We were surprised Friday night when we learned we were in division 6, the second fastest in the race.
We sailed all three days in light winds and finished in the group each day (unlike last year) but ended up last in the division.
After looking at the results and the ratings of each boat it seemed clear we were put in the wrong division and there was even a boat in division 5 that had a lower (lower = faster) rating than us.
My dad talked to the race official and although it probably wouldn’t change for this race he was assured we would be in Division 5 next year.
Looking at the corrected time of each leg we would have been third.
A sailing trophy would be cool!
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