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Page 14 Lake Ontario Offshore Racing Guide Tower first – has left many racers bobbing around this waypoint in the early hours of Saturday waiting for some semblance of wind to fill in. Any kind of puff will do! Reflecting on the general wind patterns experienced in past Susan Hoods, many felt that having the second leg from Niagara 2 Mark to Burlington Weather Tower rather than the other way around, worked better. Some also felt that the June winds would generally favour smaller boats when the course is clockwise but larger/faster vessels would benefit when the route is counter-clockwise. It all very much depends on where you are around the time of 2:00 am to 5:00 am on Saturday. A few others suggested the direction of the Susan Hood course be determined and announced on the day of the race by the Race Committee based on weather. Or – taking it to a whole other level – letting racers decide themselves at the start line which way they’re going to go. That would certainly make for some interesting rendezvous’ and liaisons as vessels met going opposite directions somewhere along that second leg. Certainly interesting ideas. The Race Committee confirms this is easier said than done and there would be challenges associated with some of these ideas. The first time my son Justin and I did the Susan Hood in 2015, (counter-clockwise) we hugged the shore during the night and after rounding the Burlington mark benefited from brisk south west winds that pushed my Catalina 320 beyond hull speed on a broad reach for most of the leg to Niagara. We finished first in our class that year. In 2018, going the other way around, we also benefited from the steady wind – this time coming from the north and then north east – rounding the course in record time for us. We finished second. Which direction do I prefer? If the wind is steady regardless of direction, I don’t care which way the course is. But all things considered I did enjoy the clockwise route more than the other way around. The course will be clockwise again in 2019.
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