Day 4 - An almost perfect day!

A good day for this trio!
(Andy Roy, Peter Shope and Scott Ferguson -sans his treasured OTUSA hat)

Breeze was up again today and Scott was having an awesome day until he death-rolled. For those of you who might not know what a “death roll” is, it's when you fall backwards and the boat and sail flip over on top of you. It's a totally helpless feeling and not a quick one to recover/get upright from.

Classic "death roll"

(photo by Thom Touw)

After winning the first race Scott was on fire and on his way to a second win. All he had to do was finish the run, turn the gybe mark to a short reach and wind up around the leeward mark and he was home-free up a short beat to the finish.

On the final run, he had a significant lead of about 15 boat lengths when he got a little too aggressive coming off of a wave and slipped a butt cheek, lost his balance and couldn't recover and in he went. He even tried to save his winning AC Oracle Team USA hat but to no avail. That move alone probably cost him a point but I suppose it was a sentimental knee-jerk moment. Once he got up and running he found himself neck and neck with Otto Strandvig of Denmark fighting for 3rd place. He shot the finish line hoping for a 3rd but ended up in 4th.

A big shout out to Peter Shope of Newport, RI. who finished the day in the Masters fleet with a 2, 1 and to Andy Roy of Canada who finished in the Grand Master fleet with a 1,3!

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