If any of you remember the forecast before the race,the actuality was even more complicated. local topography played, as always in long island sound, a big part. There were many small cells, both warm and cold that took turns moving over us. Even though we had a good forecast, the timing worked at the whim of nature. In the end the 2012 version of the Block Island Race was like almost every other race I have sailed. Click HERE for results.
I don’t think I ever experienced a more accurate forecast for the race. All of the features arrived exactly at the predicted times. Even the “backdoor front” made an appearance. Speedboat set a new record for the course in the light and testing conditions.
I am just back from the Block Island Race on “Snow Lion”. (arrived home at 4 am) I will report further once I have edited some video I hope I captured.
Meanwhile, since before leaving for the race I have been excitedly thinking about the video of an interview with Leonora Carrington,(Britain’s lost surrealist) shown to me by my wife. I find it captivating. It touches some many aspects of how we live. Everything we absorb is a perception based on who we are. I am sorry I could not find the video to embed it.
