All five championship days and all 12 races are included. Practice sailing is not counted. Recordings have gaps, including the finish of race 12; unavailable timings are left blank. Speeds are over the ground.
WAH GWAN SHIITAKE
Races
Debrief · WAH GWAN · KOTOUN, Anthony
All 49 boat debriefs
WAH GWAN: first-beat position built on upwind pace
WAH GWAN won on 32 net points to SHIITAKE’s 61, leading from Race 6 on. In a public SailBoss debrief, tactician Stu McNay put it down to consistent starts and first-beat positioning that came from upwind speed. The tracks fit: a median second at the first mark from a median tenth two minutes after the gun. Race 12, a DNC, is the discard.
What the crew described
McNay described the plan: start in the middle third of the line at full speed, take a long starboard tack, and tack on the compass while overpowered. Strategist Jordan Janov called the boats to windward, and both credited Anthony Kotoun’s lane-holding. The tracks show where the boat went, not why.
Where the tracks match the story
In Race 6, McNay said a boat to leeward spoiled the start, so they tacked onto port for clear water. WAH GWAN was 22nd one minute after the gun, then led at every mark after three tacks on the first beat, against a fleet median of six. In the fading Race 9 he called tacking in a lull the mistake to avoid: two tacks on the first beat, against a median of six, and 16th at two minutes became second at the first mark. In Race 10 he said they trusted visible pressure over local knowledge: fourth at the first mark, third at the finish.
Where the time came from
Over the nine races with complete timing (3–11), WAH GWAN gained an average of 260 seconds a race on the middle of the fleet: 142 on the beats, 95 on the runs, 16 off the line and 7 from gybes. Its median beat VMG index, 107.9, was the fleet’s highest. In steady upwind sailing it matched the fleet’s speed about 3.9° higher, which fits McNay’s point that height pays when overpowered.
One race to replay
Race 4 is the counterexample: sixth at the first mark, then five places lost on the first run before a recovery to seventh. For the fleet’s best runner, that leg deserves a replay.
Where you gained and lost time
Off the line, upwind, downwind, tacks and gybes
Compare WAH GWAN with SHIITAKE. See the time gained and lost off the line, on the beats and
runs, and through tacks and gybes. The beats and runs include boatspeed, height, shifts, lanes
and choosing a side.
SECONDS A RACE · ← LOST · GAINED →VS SHIITAKE
TOTAL A RACE
+39 sBEST RACE
R5 +132 sWORST RACE
R4 −58 s
Mean a raceOne race
Seconds gained and lost a race against SHIITAKE
Part of the race
Gained a race (mean)
Races
Off the line
2
8
Beats
31
8
Tacks
5
8
Runs
-3
8
Gybes
4
8
Total a race
39
8
Where WAH GWAN gained and lost time against SHIITAKE. Over 8 races WAH GWAN gained 39 s a race on SHIITAKE; the largest part was beats.
Upwind VMG107.9%of race median
Downwind VMG105.0%of race median
Upwind speed−0.1%height +3.9°
Tack loss−0.5 m4.5 tacks a beat
Rank +2 min10median
First mark2median rank
Day by day · selected races
Did the pattern hold each day?
Compare WAH GWAN and SHIITAKE in the same day’s conditions. Values are medians
of the included race measurements; missing measurements remain blank. VMG indices use each race’s
fleet median as 100. The start sequence shows rank at +2 minutes and links to each race.
Daily comparison for races 1–12
Day / boat
Upwind index
Downwind index
Upwind speed
Height
Rank +2 min, by race
Tuesday · WAH GWAN
107.9
104.2
+0.4%
+5.1°
Tuesday · SHIITAKE
105.0
104.2
+1.6%
+3.6°
Wednesday · WAH GWAN
108.0
105.0
−0.7%
+7.1°
Wednesday · SHIITAKE
105.0
102.4
−0.3%
+5.3°
Thursday · WAH GWAN
106.9
106.6
−1.1%
+3.1°
Thursday · SHIITAKE
104.8
107.0
+0.1%
+3.5°
Friday · WAH GWAN
108.0
112.3
+0.0%
+2.6°
Friday · SHIITAKE
108.6
113.0
+2.2%
+1.6°
Saturday · WAH GWAN
104.8
103.6
+0.8%
+1.9°
Saturday · SHIITAKE
103.7
101.5
+1.6%
+4.0°
From the event · all championship races
Forecasts, voices and what happened
The week changed from easterly racing to fog, fading breeze and late northwesterly lake breezes. These morning forecasts and first-person accounts explain what competitors were preparing for and what they later reported. The tracking supplies a separate check on boat movement and results. This context covers the full championship, including races left out of chart comparisons.
Tuesday · A firm easterly, with room for shiftsRaces 1–3
The morning forecast
SailFlow forecaster Shea Gibson expected an easterly driven by Canadian high pressure, broadly 11–15 knots. He warned that proximity to land and Harbor Point could disturb the flow. His description of intermittent buoy readings is a reminder that the briefing was a forecast for the bay, not a continuous record of racecourse wind.
The class report describes stronger breeze near the start and softer conditions up the course. Lindsey Duda said SIN DUDA’s opening win came from keeping decisions conservative; Alec Anderson reported a traveller failure aboard DARK HORSE before the team recovered to win Race 3. These are published crew accounts, rather than incidents established by the GPS.
The official wins went to SIN DUDA, FULL THROTTLE and DARK HORSE. A course that stayed broadly easterly still allowed tactical gains: a similar course axis across races does not imply identical wind everywhere. Use the replay to compare lanes and mark positions; the tracks cannot verify a traveller failure or measure local gusts.
Wednesday · A fading easterly and an earlier start to followRaces 4–6
The morning forecast
Gibson again expected an easterly, discussing low-teens conditions and a possible 11–15-knot range. He explicitly noted long gaps in the local buoy feed. His suggested direction was slightly south of east; that forecast should be read alongside the race committee’s later report of a shift the other way.
PRO Mark Foster reported a leftward course adjustment and a softer, longer middle race before the breeze recovered for the last start. Anticipating a weaker end to the week, he explained the decision to move Thursday’s first warning to 10:30. Stuart Simpson described TEAM BARBARIANS switching from committee-end starts toward the pin; Anthony Kotoun credited his crew with recovering from a difficult start.
Foster’s three reported start times match the recorded guns: 11:35, 13:05 and 14:35 local time. The changing course geometry is visible in the replay. TEAM BARBARIANS rounded first in Race 4 and finished fourth; WAH GWAN won Races 5 and 6. The results fit those accounts without proving that a chosen line end caused the gains.
Thursday · Fog clears, then pressure fadesRaces 7–9
The morning forecast
Gibson described fog spilling westward over the bay and expected heating to disperse it. He forecast a fading easterly: roughly 8–12 knots around the morning race window, easing toward 4–8 knots by mid-afternoon. The urgency of the earlier warning was about preserving racing time before that fade, while fog clearance remained a separate uncertainty.
Scott Nixon said the fleet left in fog, saw it clear quickly and completed three races as the wind weakened. Nick Rogers described increasing shiftiness; Robert Greenhalgh said the lighter conditions suited FLYING JENNY better. Kyle Navin singled out MAVI’s move into the lead on the second beat of the middle race. These are complementary accounts from different boats, not a measured wind map.
MAVI’s Race 8 mark sequence was ninth, ninth, first, first: the move into the lead is visible on the second beat. FLYING JENNY’s official results improved from 20th to ninth to first across the day. That is consistent with Greenhalgh’s account, but a result sequence alone cannot establish that a boat is intrinsically better in light air.
Friday · Waiting for the lake breezeRaces 10
The morning forecast
With the gradient breeze weakening, Gibson made the afternoon lake-breeze forecast conditional on clouds clearing and the land warming. He looked for a northwesterly turn and roughly 6–10 knots later in the day. It was a timing risk: sunshine arriving late could delay usable wind beyond the hoped-for start.
In Saturday’s briefing, Dave Gerber said Friday’s clouds lingered, the fleet waited through repeated interrupted sequences, and racing finally began late in a northwesterly. Chelsea Simms described STRAIGHTARROW choosing a mid-to-pin starting area, reaching the first mark ahead and losing the win to SHIITAKE on the final run.
Race 10’s recorded gun was 16:49 local time. STRAIGHTARROW led at the first three marks and finished second, matching Simms’s account. The recorded course points northwest, while the Mackinaw City station remains easterly: that distant station is especially unsuitable as a description of this race’s local wind.
Saturday · A narrow final-day opportunityRaces 11, 12
The morning forecast
Gibson was cautious despite more sunshine. A weak ridge axis could leave the bay light and variable; a northwest turn around late morning or noon was the route to enough breeze for racing before the final-start deadline. He discussed the six-knot threshold as a condition to hope for, not a promise that racing would happen.
The class’s final report says a northwesterly breeze arrived after midday and allowed both remaining races. LOOPER took the Corinthian title after starting the day behind TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM. The report’s on-water wind estimates remain attributed observations, distinct from the archived station series.
The recorded guns were 13:25 and 14:50 local time, and both courses point northwest. All twelve official races count in the championship. The fleet-wide recording outage in Race 12 still limits finish timing; interviews and highlight footage do not repair that gap or turn uncertain crossings into exact finish times.
More voices from the fleet
Public interviews add the crews’ perspective. A track can show a recovery or a change in
pace; it cannot establish what someone intended, how they trimmed, or why equipment
failed.
Chelsea Simms
STRAIGHTARROW · owner and helm
Simms described balancing the pressure she expected on the left with the option of a lift on the right, then defending a narrow lead until the last run. She also put the result in the context of a new crew with little time racing together.
Consistent with the marks: first, first, first, second in Race 10. The recording supports where the lead changed; the intended balance between pressure and shifts comes from Simms.
Kyle Navin
MAVI · crew
Navin said the easing easterly brought a different tactical pattern from the earlier days. He described a pass on the right of the second beat that put MAVI into the lead in the middle race of the day.
Consistent with the checkpoints: ninth at Race 8’s leeward mark, first at the next windward mark, then the official win. The reason that side paid remains his account.
Stuart Simpson
TEAM BARBARIANS · owner
Simpson said the team changed its starting approach after recognising a pin-end opportunity on the second day. As the breeze softened, they also had to stay attentive to their settings.
The Race 4 first-mark lead and fourth-place finish are supported. His account of adjusting settings cannot be verified from position recordings.
Robert Greenhalgh
FLYING JENNY · crew
Greenhalgh recalled starting in thick fog, then seeing the breeze ease through the third day. He felt the lighter conditions suited the team and described progressively better results.
The official sequence is 20, 9, 1 in Races 7–9. He rounded the middle result to about tenth in the interview; the page keeps the official ninth. Suitability to light air is his interpretation.
Duane Yoslov
LOOPER · owner
Yoslov credited the whole crew and emphasised better execution, cleaner sailing and staying out of congestion. His aim for the following days was to keep that focus, rather than look for a new formula.
His interview maps to the day with LOOPER’s fifth overall in Race 8. The finish is supported; improved teamwork and decision-making are the crew’s explanation, not quantities measured by GPS.
Nick Rogers
WARCANOE · helm
Rogers described a dropping breeze and a widening range of shifts through the day, crediting Richard and the crew for managing the changing picture.
The class report and the other third-day accounts place this in the fading-easterly racing. WARCANOE’s official 2, 2, 6 sequence shows the results; neither it nor an inferred wind fit independently measures the shift range he described.
Anthony Kotoun
WAH GWAN · helm
In his second-day interview, Kotoun described two wins that included a difficult start and several ducks. He stressed the full crew’s contribution. It is a race-day perspective that complements the later McNay–Janov debrief below. The crew’s written recap also emphasises patience early in the beat and a calm team environment.
WAH GWAN’s official day was 7, 1, 1. In Race 6 it was 22nd one minute after the gun and first at the windward mark. That recovery is visible; Kotoun did not name the difficult-start race in this short clip.
Travis Odenbach
BIG CAT · owner and helm
Odenbach said this was only his second Melges 24 regatta and described the depth of the fleet as part of the appeal. His interview adds the viewpoint of someone learning the class, alongside the established campaigners.
Experience level and enthusiasm are first-person context. The tracks cannot validate prior regatta participation or explain BIG CAT’s results from it.
Team Bagdad crew
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN · unnamed crew members
In Inside Great Lakes Sailing’s dockside coverage, members of the Norwegian team described a high standard of competition, uneven results and learning from the fleet. The interviewer identifies the team; the individual speakers are not named clearly enough to assign their remarks.
A first-person account of patience, preparation routines and team communication; recollections remain separate from tracking evidence.
The weather briefings are forecasts and retrospective observations from Shea Gibson and Dave Gerber, hosted by Quantum Sails. Wind speeds and local effects described there are not added to the measured-wind dataset. The bay-buoy archives checked still have no samples during the race windows; intermittent readings mentioned in a briefing do not fill those gaps.
Interview days are mapped from the spoken race descriptions, official reports and matching results, not upload dates alone. Some reels were posted the following day; one start clip is captioned with a conflicting date. Unresolved clip labels are not used to assign races. Music-only highlights add visual context without supplying a tactical transcript.
Only short attributed summaries are shown here. Full working transcripts and source captures are retained privately. Practice and pre-Worlds footage, other venues and other years are excluded from championship analysis.
The fleet
What decided it
Forty-nine boats sailed twelve races over five days, 22–26 September, on Little Traverse Bay, hosted by Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Springs; the 21 September practice race is not included. One discard applied after five races. Eight different boats won races. WAH GWAN won the championship on 32 net points, 29 clear of SHIITAKE, with GAMECOCK third on 65, ahead of WARCANOE on the tie-break.
WAH GWAN won Races 5, 6 and 7 in succession, led the standings from Race 6 on, and was never worse than seventh in the eleven races it sailed. Its median first-mark position was second, and its median beat VMG index was the highest in the fleet. Race 12 is a DNC and its discard.
Look for the parts of the race that repeatedly separated the boats: the opening two minutes,
the first windward mark, pace on
the beats and runs, and the cost of each turn. The strongest links to finishing place sit at
the top of the chart below.
Tuesday: no side paid clearly on 6 beats; Wednesday: the left paid on 4 beats and the right on 1, of 6; Thursday: the left paid on 0 beats and the right on 2, of 6; Friday: no side paid clearly on 2 beats; Saturday: the left paid on 1 beats and the right on 2, of 4. Use the race explorer to see where those gains opened up.
The winners’ debrief
What WAH GWAN’s tactician and strategist said in a public video debrief, set beside what the tracks show.
In a public SailBoss debrief after the event, tactician Stu McNay and strategist Jordan Janov described how the regatta was won. McNay put it down to consistent starting and first-beat positioning that came from upwind pace. His starting aim was full speed in the middle third of the line rather than a fight for the favoured end, followed by a long starboard tack on a lake where, on average, the breeze sat further left at the top of the beat.Watch: 14:02 · 2:33 · 1:35
Upwind, with the boat overpowered, McNay said the compass drove the tacks and pointing angle was worth a lot. Janov hiked on the rail and called what McNay could not see, especially the boats to windward, and said he tried to report rather than tell the tactician what to do. Both credited Anthony Kotoun’s lane-holding and the calm he brought to the boat.Watch: 3:24 · 4:55 · 3:58 · 12:59 · 9:11 · 13:23
Their account fits the tracks in the races they reviewed. In Race 6, after a boat to leeward spoiled the start, they tacked onto port for clear water; WAH GWAN was 22nd one minute after the gun and led at the first mark. In Race 9 the breeze faded, and McNay called tacking in the lulls the thing to avoid; WAH GWAN tacked twice on that first beat, against a fleet median of six, and rounded second. In Race 10, an unstable sea breeze after repeated interrupted starting sequences, they trusted the pressure they could see over local knowledge and tacked early for the layline; they rounded fourth.Watch: 7:14 · 9:00 · 9:46 · 10:40 · 11:40
This is the winning crew’s account. The recordings show boat movement; the interview supplies their view of the decisions and conditions. The event-context section adds perspectives from other crews and the daily weather briefings.
SERIES POSITION · AFTER EACH RACEONE DISCARD FROM RACE 5
Series position after each race(every 2th of 588 rows)
Boat
After race
Position
Net points
GAMECOCK
1
3
3
GAMECOCK
3
1
10
GAMECOCK
5
1
11
GAMECOCK
7
3
25
GAMECOCK
9
2
39
GAMECOCK
11
5
63
WARCANOE
1
11
11
WARCANOE
3
16
46
WARCANOE
5
8
31
WARCANOE
7
5
35
WARCANOE
9
3
43
WARCANOE
11
3
61
DARK HORSE
1
9
9
DARK HORSE
3
6
16
DARK HORSE
5
7
25
DARK HORSE
7
8
42
DARK HORSE
9
6
57
DARK HORSE
11
6
68
MAVI
1
6
6
MAVI
3
7
29
MAVI
5
6
22
MAVI
7
7
39
MAVI
9
5
53
MAVI
11
4
62
SENTINEL
1
5
5
SENTINEL
3
3
11
SENTINEL
5
3
13
SENTINEL
7
2
23
SENTINEL
9
7
62
SENTINEL
11
7
83
MUSTANG
1
8
8
MUSTANG
3
10
35
MUSTANG
5
10
40
MUSTANG
7
10
69
MUSTANG
9
9
78
MUSTANG
11
8
97
THE 300
1
14
14
THE 300
3
9
34
THE 300
5
14
51
THE 300
7
9
60
THE 300
9
8
71
THE 300
11
9
102
FLYING JENNY
1
21
21
FLYING JENNY
3
13
39
FLYING JENNY
5
12
50
FLYING JENNY
7
13
83
FLYING JENNY
9
11
93
FLYING JENNY
11
10
104
STRAIGHTARROW
1
24
24
STRAIGHTARROW
3
15
43
STRAIGHTARROW
5
9
34
STRAIGHTARROW
7
12
73
STRAIGHTARROW
9
14
116
STRAIGHTARROW
11
12
128
FULL THROTTLE
1
7
7
FULL THROTTLE
3
4
15
FULL THROTTLE
5
5
21
FULL THROTTLE
7
6
37
FULL THROTTLE
9
10
82
FULL THROTTLE
11
11
122
LOOPER
1
13
13
LOOPER
3
19
51
LOOPER
5
18
60
LOOPER
7
15
88
LOOPER
9
13
108
LOOPER
11
13
142
BIG CAT
1
22
22
BIG CAT
3
14
42
BIG CAT
5
11
42
BIG CAT
7
11
72
BIG CAT
9
12
102
BIG CAT
11
14
145
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
1
10
10
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
3
12
36
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
5
15
51
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
7
14
84
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
9
17
126
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
11
15
150
TEAM BARBARIANS
1
12
12
TEAM BARBARIANS
3
18
51
TEAM BARBARIANS
5
13
51
TEAM BARBARIANS
7
16
89
TEAM BARBARIANS
9
16
126
TEAM BARBARIANS
11
18
166
TAKEOFF
1
18
18
TAKEOFF
3
17
50
TAKEOFF
5
19
61
TAKEOFF
7
18
99
TAKEOFF
9
18
127
TAKEOFF
11
16
159
ZHIK RACE TEAM
1
25
25
ZHIK RACE TEAM
3
21
63
ZHIK RACE TEAM
5
21
72
ZHIK RACE TEAM
7
19
103
ZHIK RACE TEAM
9
19
137
ZHIK RACE TEAM
11
20
170
BOOGIEMAN
1
16
16
BOOGIEMAN
3
22
64
BOOGIEMAN
5
20
67
BOOGIEMAN
7
20
106
BOOGIEMAN
9
15
123
BOOGIEMAN
11
17
164
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
1
15
15
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
3
11
36
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
5
17
58
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
7
17
98
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
9
20
140
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
11
19
168
SIN DUDA
1
1
1
SIN DUDA
3
8
30
SIN DUDA
5
16
52
SIN DUDA
7
21
110
SIN DUDA
9
22
169
SIN DUDA
11
21
204
WOMBMATES RACING
1
29
29
WOMBMATES RACING
3
27
84
WOMBMATES RACING
5
25
101
WOMBMATES RACING
7
22
129
WOMBMATES RACING
9
21
167
WOMBMATES RACING
11
22
209
FLYING TOASTER
1
17
17
FLYING TOASTER
3
29
90
FLYING TOASTER
5
28
107
FLYING TOASTER
7
27
150
FLYING TOASTER
9
23
180
FLYING TOASTER
11
23
238
SURPRISE
1
30
30
SURPRISE
3
24
76
SURPRISE
5
23
86
SURPRISE
7
24
139
SURPRISE
9
27
207
SURPRISE
11
25
258
RUSTLER
1
28
28
RUSTLER
3
25
79
RUSTLER
5
27
104
RUSTLER
7
25
140
RUSTLER
9
24
201
RUSTLER
11
26
260
BAD IDEA
1
37
37
BAD IDEA
3
39
116
BAD IDEA
5
29
113
BAD IDEA
7
31
162
BAD IDEA
9
29
211
BAD IDEA
11
24
249
RUMBUNCTIOUS
1
44
44
RUMBUNCTIOUS
3
34
105
RUMBUNCTIOUS
5
26
103
RUMBUNCTIOUS
7
28
159
RUMBUNCTIOUS
9
26
204
RUMBUNCTIOUS
11
29
281
CLEAN BREAK
1
33
33
CLEAN BREAK
3
35
106
CLEAN BREAK
5
34
127
CLEAN BREAK
7
35
190
CLEAN BREAK
9
30
231
CLEAN BREAK
11
31
300
SMILE AND WAVE
1
20
20
SMILE AND WAVE
3
26
84
SMILE AND WAVE
5
32
122
SMILE AND WAVE
7
32
172
SMILE AND WAVE
9
28
211
SMILE AND WAVE
11
27
274
ZIG ZAG
1
35
35
ZIG ZAG
3
33
101
ZIG ZAG
5
37
130
ZIG ZAG
7
34
186
ZIG ZAG
9
33
240
ZIG ZAG
11
28
278
PCH
1
19
19
PCH
3
20
60
PCH
5
22
76
PCH
7
26
149
PCH
9
31
235
PCH
11
32
300
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
1
32
32
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
3
23
70
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
5
24
100
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
7
23
138
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
9
25
203
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
11
30
281
RUSH
1
26
26
RUSH
3
28
88
RUSH
5
31
116
RUSH
7
29
160
RUSH
9
34
241
RUSH
11
33
306
OUTLIER
1
31
31
OUTLIER
3
31
93
OUTLIER
5
35
129
OUTLIER
7
33
178
OUTLIER
9
35
247
OUTLIER
11
34
316
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
1
40
40
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
3
41
118
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
5
39
145
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
7
39
219
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
9
37
258
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
11
36
321
GREEN
1
43
43
GREEN
3
37
113
GREEN
5
33
124
GREEN
7
37
198
GREEN
9
36
251
GREEN
11
35
320
NOTORIOUS
1
46
46
NOTORIOUS
3
36
111
NOTORIOUS
5
38
144
NOTORIOUS
7
38
215
NOTORIOUS
9
40
285
NOTORIOUS
11
39
331
TRAMP
1
27
27
TRAMP
3
32
97
TRAMP
5
30
116
TRAMP
7
36
193
TRAMP
9
38
272
TRAMP
11
38
327
FIRE HORSE
1
23
23
FIRE HORSE
3
30
90
FIRE HORSE
5
36
130
FIRE HORSE
7
30
162
FIRE HORSE
9
32
238
FIRE HORSE
11
37
325
BBS BUS
1
41
41
BBS BUS
3
44
127
BBS BUS
5
44
156
BBS BUS
7
45
236
BBS BUS
9
43
300
BBS BUS
11
40
341
HOT WATER
1
36
36
HOT WATER
3
40
117
HOT WATER
5
40
146
HOT WATER
7
42
225
HOT WATER
9
41
290
HOT WATER
11
41
355
SIDE QUEST
1
38
38
SIDE QUEST
3
42
119
SIDE QUEST
5
42
151
SIDE QUEST
7
41
224
SIDE QUEST
9
42
297
SIDE QUEST
11
42
374
HONCHO
1
45
45
HONCHO
3
48
133
HONCHO
5
41
150
HONCHO
7
44
236
HONCHO
9
44
301
HONCHO
11
44
386
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
1
42
42
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
3
38
114
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
5
43
152
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
7
43
227
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
9
45
309
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
11
45
392
PULSE
1
34
34
PULSE
3
43
126
PULSE
5
46
163
PULSE
7
40
223
PULSE
9
39
283
PULSE
11
43
375
HUZZAH
1
48
48
HUZZAH
3
45
129
HUZZAH
5
45
162
HUZZAH
7
46
257
HUZZAH
9
46
336
HUZZAH
11
46
419
LAST WORD
1
39
39
LAST WORD
3
47
133
LAST WORD
5
47
174
LAST WORD
7
47
269
LAST WORD
9
47
355
LAST WORD
11
47
454
OXCART
1
49
49
OXCART
3
46
132
OXCART
5
48
180
OXCART
7
48
272
OXCART
9
48
358
OXCART
11
48
457
COMMITTED
1
47
47
COMMITTED
3
49
137
COMMITTED
5
49
180
COMMITTED
7
49
273
COMMITTED
9
49
366
COMMITTED
11
49
461
WAH GWAN
1
2
2
WAH GWAN
3
2
11
WAH GWAN
5
2
12
WAH GWAN
7
1
14
WAH GWAN
9
1
19
WAH GWAN
11
1
25
SHIITAKE
1
4
4
SHIITAKE
3
5
15
SHIITAKE
5
4
18
SHIITAKE
7
4
27
SHIITAKE
9
4
45
SHIITAKE
11
2
52
Series position after each race. WAH GWAN led from race 6 to the end and won on 32 points; SHIITAKE was second on 61 and GAMECOCK third on 65.
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UPWIND LEG VMG
ρ 0.92RANGE
0.60 to 0.97
Regatta (mean of races)One race
What moved with finishing place
Measure
Association with a better finish (ρ)
Upwind leg VMG
0.92
Rank at the first mark
0.85
Downwind leg VMG
0.72
Upwind height
0.58
Rank 2 min after the gun
0.48
Closer to the line at gun
0.22
Smaller tack loss
0.17
Smaller gybe loss
0.14
Upwind speed
0.14
Downwind speed
0.11
Fewer tacks a beat
0.09
More heel upwind
-0.07
What moved with finishing place. Upwind leg VMG tracked finishing place most closely (ρ 0.92), then rank at the first mark (0.85); more heel upwind showed no consistent link.
Speed and mode
Footing, pointing and the runs
Whole-leg VMG includes route choices and turns. The scatter compares speed and angle during
steady sailing; its diagonal is an approximate guide to that trade-off. A faster boat can give
the gain back by sailing too low; a higher boat still needs enough pace.
UPWIND LEG VMG% OF RACE MEDIAN
BOAT
WAH GWANRACE
R1UPWIND LEG VMG
108.0
Upwind leg VMG (% of race median)(every 2th of 588 rows)
Boat
Race
Upwind leg VMG
PCH
R1
102.4
SURPRISE
R1
99.2
RUSH
R1
101.2
ZHIK RACE TEAM
R1
100.0
BBS BUS
R1
95.9
CLEAN BREAK
R1
98.7
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
R1
99.0
SIDE QUEST
R1
97.2
HONCHO
R1
93.1
LAST WORD
R1
97.2
GREEN
R1
95.1
FIRE HORSE
R1
106.1
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
R1
99.2
BAD IDEA
R1
96.5
RUMBUNCTIOUS
R1
98.6
BIG CAT
R1
102.2
SIN DUDA
R1
107.2
SMILE AND WAVE
R1
101.8
THE 300
R1
98.1
MUSTANG
R1
104.9
SENTINEL
R1
107.0
SHIITAKE
R1
105.9
FLYING JENNY
R1
97.4
GAMECOCK
R1
108.2
WARCANOE
R1
104.1
NOTORIOUS
R2
97.3
OXCART
R2
100.3
TEAM BARBARIANS
R2
102.7
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
R2
105.6
WOMBMATES RACING
R2
100.7
HUZZAH
R2
96.5
RUSTLER
R2
99.8
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
R2
101.4
FLYING TOASTER
R2
98.2
HOT WATER
R2
96.6
ZIG ZAG
R2
94.8
COMMITTED
R2
95.6
TRAMP
R2
96.7
PULSE
R2
94.5
TAKEOFF
R2
103.9
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
R2
102.2
OUTLIER
R2
97.9
STRAIGHTARROW
R2
100.8
FULL THROTTLE
R2
108.1
LOOPER
R2
100.5
BOOGIEMAN
R2
100.0
WAH GWAN
R2
106.4
DARK HORSE
R2
102.2
MAVI
R2
105.6
PCH
R3
101.4
SURPRISE
R3
n/a
RUSH
R3
101.5
ZHIK RACE TEAM
R3
98.5
BBS BUS
R3
95.2
CLEAN BREAK
R3
93.3
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
R3
n/a
SIDE QUEST
R3
n/a
HONCHO
R3
94.5
LAST WORD
R3
95.9
GREEN
R3
94.5
FIRE HORSE
R3
106.6
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
R3
92.5
BAD IDEA
R3
97.5
RUMBUNCTIOUS
R3
n/a
BIG CAT
R3
101.9
SIN DUDA
R3
94.2
SMILE AND WAVE
R3
n/a
THE 300
R3
98.5
MUSTANG
R3
100.4
SENTINEL
R3
102.3
SHIITAKE
R3
105.0
FLYING JENNY
R3
102.2
GAMECOCK
R3
104.5
WARCANOE
R3
104.5
NOTORIOUS
R4
95.3
OXCART
R4
94.1
TEAM BARBARIANS
R4
106.0
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
R4
99.1
WOMBMATES RACING
R4
100.9
HUZZAH
R4
98.6
RUSTLER
R4
97.6
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
R4
100.6
FLYING TOASTER
R4
98.3
HOT WATER
R4
95.3
ZIG ZAG
R4
96.3
COMMITTED
R4
95.9
TRAMP
R4
97.1
PULSE
R4
99.1
TAKEOFF
R4
102.1
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
R4
101.7
OUTLIER
R4
95.3
STRAIGHTARROW
R4
101.3
FULL THROTTLE
R4
102.9
LOOPER
R4
103.8
BOOGIEMAN
R4
99.2
WAH GWAN
R4
103.7
DARK HORSE
R4
103.0
MAVI
R4
102.8
PCH
R5
101.7
SURPRISE
R5
99.6
RUSH
R5
95.4
ZHIK RACE TEAM
R5
102.7
BBS BUS
R5
96.6
CLEAN BREAK
R5
99.0
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
R5
95.2
SIDE QUEST
R5
98.4
HONCHO
R5
95.3
LAST WORD
R5
93.8
GREEN
R5
99.9
FIRE HORSE
R5
96.3
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
R5
96.3
BAD IDEA
R5
100.9
RUMBUNCTIOUS
R5
103.6
BIG CAT
R5
103.9
SIN DUDA
R5
99.7
SMILE AND WAVE
R5
96.9
THE 300
R5
101.2
MUSTANG
R5
104.1
SENTINEL
R5
104.2
SHIITAKE
R5
103.8
FLYING JENNY
R5
102.4
GAMECOCK
R5
102.2
WARCANOE
R5
107.7
NOTORIOUS
R6
96.5
OXCART
R6
98.5
TEAM BARBARIANS
R6
101.9
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
R6
99.1
WOMBMATES RACING
R6
103.5
HUZZAH
R6
94.7
RUSTLER
R6
101.9
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
R6
102.5
FLYING TOASTER
R6
100.4
HOT WATER
R6
99.4
ZIG ZAG
R6
99.8
COMMITTED
R6
94.2
TRAMP
R6
95.3
PULSE
R6
99.0
TAKEOFF
R6
100.4
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
R6
98.5
OUTLIER
R6
96.3
STRAIGHTARROW
R6
101.6
FULL THROTTLE
R6
105.3
LOOPER
R6
103.1
BOOGIEMAN
R6
98.2
WAH GWAN
R6
108.7
DARK HORSE
R6
103.9
MAVI
R6
102.3
PCH
R7
98.7
SURPRISE
R7
100.1
RUSH
R7
100.5
ZHIK RACE TEAM
R7
102.5
BBS BUS
R7
96.8
CLEAN BREAK
R7
97.8
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
R7
98.2
SIDE QUEST
R7
98.0
HONCHO
R7
95.4
LAST WORD
R7
95.7
GREEN
R7
96.7
FIRE HORSE
R7
104.8
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
R7
95.2
BAD IDEA
R7
100.2
RUMBUNCTIOUS
R7
102.5
BIG CAT
R7
98.7
SIN DUDA
R7
97.3
SMILE AND WAVE
R7
95.6
THE 300
R7
104.0
MUSTANG
R7
99.0
SENTINEL
R7
103.8
SHIITAKE
R7
104.8
FLYING JENNY
R7
99.6
GAMECOCK
R7
103.4
WARCANOE
R7
105.7
NOTORIOUS
R8
93.0
OXCART
R8
94.8
TEAM BARBARIANS
R8
100.0
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
R8
100.3
WOMBMATES RACING
R8
102.6
HUZZAH
R8
95.8
RUSTLER
R8
97.5
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
R8
101.9
FLYING TOASTER
R8
100.9
HOT WATER
R8
94.9
ZIG ZAG
R8
97.3
COMMITTED
R8
91.6
TRAMP
R8
96.1
PULSE
R8
97.2
TAKEOFF
R8
104.1
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
R8
102.6
OUTLIER
R8
93.6
STRAIGHTARROW
R8
104.7
FULL THROTTLE
R8
99.3
LOOPER
R8
104.0
BOOGIEMAN
R8
102.3
WAH GWAN
R8
105.0
DARK HORSE
R8
104.8
MAVI
R8
106.8
PCH
R9
93.6
SURPRISE
R9
98.4
RUSH
R9
85.5
ZHIK RACE TEAM
R9
111.5
BBS BUS
R9
94.3
CLEAN BREAK
R9
91.3
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
R9
105.2
SIDE QUEST
R9
95.9
HONCHO
R9
104.2
LAST WORD
R9
93.4
GREEN
R9
94.2
FIRE HORSE
R9
101.9
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
R9
86.7
BAD IDEA
R9
97.5
RUMBUNCTIOUS
R9
104.7
BIG CAT
R9
105.9
SIN DUDA
R9
93.7
SMILE AND WAVE
R9
100.9
THE 300
R9
110.3
MUSTANG
R9
114.3
SENTINEL
R9
100.8
SHIITAKE
R9
110.9
FLYING JENNY
R9
115.2
GAMECOCK
R9
107.4
WARCANOE
R9
109.9
NOTORIOUS
R10
99.9
RUSH
R10
94.6
ZHIK RACE TEAM
R10
102.2
BBS BUS
R10
101.9
CLEAN BREAK
R10
99.2
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
R10
99.8
SIDE QUEST
R10
97.0
HONCHO
R10
95.7
HOT WATER
R10
98.4
ZIG ZAG
R10
102.5
COMMITTED
R10
93.7
TRAMP
R10
101.8
PULSE
R10
95.3
TAKEOFF
R10
104.8
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
R10
107.5
OUTLIER
R10
98.3
STRAIGHTARROW
R10
109.6
FULL THROTTLE
R10
101.3
LOOPER
R10
98.9
BOOGIEMAN
R10
101.2
WAH GWAN
R10
108.0
DARK HORSE
R10
102.2
MAVI
R10
107.1
LAST WORD
R10
n/a
PCH
R11
96.4
SURPRISE
R11
97.4
TEAM BARBARIANS
R11
94.2
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
R11
100.5
WOMBMATES RACING
R11
103.2
HUZZAH
R11
96.7
RUSTLER
R11
99.6
HONCHO
R11
93.6
HOT WATER
R11
97.8
ZIG ZAG
R11
96.5
TRAMP
R11
98.8
RUMBUNCTIOUS
R11
98.0
BIG CAT
R11
99.4
SIN DUDA
R11
101.2
SMILE AND WAVE
R11
97.7
THE 300
R11
100.4
MUSTANG
R11
106.5
SENTINEL
R11
102.0
SHIITAKE
R11
103.3
FLYING JENNY
R11
104.0
GAMECOCK
R11
101.6
WARCANOE
R11
101.6
FIRE HORSE
R11
n/a
LAST WORD
R11
n/a
COMMITTED
R11
n/a
NOTORIOUS
R12
95.8
RUSH
R12
98.6
ZHIK RACE TEAM
R12
98.7
BBS BUS
R12
93.3
CLEAN BREAK
R12
104.3
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
R12
95.8
SIDE QUEST
R12
94.5
FLYING TOASTER
R12
96.1
GREEN
R12
96.4
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
R12
97.7
BAD IDEA
R12
94.9
TAKEOFF
R12
100.4
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
R12
102.0
OUTLIER
R12
98.0
STRAIGHTARROW
R12
104.5
FULL THROTTLE
R12
100.8
LOOPER
R12
103.5
BOOGIEMAN
R12
99.6
FLYING JENNY
R12
101.3
GAMECOCK
R12
105.3
WARCANOE
R12
104.2
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
R12
n/a
PULSE
R12
n/a
OXCART
R12
n/a
Upwind leg VMG by boat and race. Upwind leg VMG for every boat in every race, coloured against the middle of that race's fleet; WAH GWAN has the best mean across included races.
VMG cells measure whole-leg progress, including turns and the route sailed; 100 matches the
fleet median for that leg. They are not the steady speed/angle estimates below. Excluded races
stay visible, faded. Select a cell to open that boat and race.
Steady speed/angle medians and whole-leg results are different measures
Boat
Height over the fleet (°)
Speed over the fleet (%)
Mode estimate (approximate)
Median race leg-VMG index (fleet = 100)
Races with steady samples
Races with leg indices
WAH GWAN
3.9
-0.1
5.6
107.9
11.0
11.0
SHIITAKE
3.5
0.6
5.9
104.9
12.0
12.0
GAMECOCK
2.7
0.4
4.4
104.3
12.0
12.0
WARCANOE
3.0
0.1
4.4
105.0
12.0
12.0
DARK HORSE
3.3
-0.3
4.4
103.8
12.0
12.0
MAVI
1.5
1.3
3.5
103.9
12.0
12.0
SENTINEL
2.1
-1.1
2.1
104.0
12.0
12.0
MUSTANG
2.2
-1.1
2.1
102.8
12.0
12.0
THE 300
0.5
1.3
1.9
101.1
12.0
12.0
FLYING JENNY
2.2
-0.9
2.4
101.8
12.0
12.0
STRAIGHTARROW
2.5
-1.2
2.4
102.6
12.0
12.0
FULL THROTTLE
1.0
0.4
1.9
102.9
12.0
12.0
LOOPER
-0.7
0.3
-0.7
102.7
12.0
12.0
BIG CAT
0.4
-1.4
-0.8
102.1
12.0
12.0
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
1.0
0.9
2.4
101.7
12.0
12.0
TEAM BARBARIANS
2.2
1.4
4.6
102.3
12.0
12.0
TAKEOFF
0.5
0.0
0.7
100.7
12.0
12.0
ZHIK RACE TEAM
0.3
-0.2
0.2
101.9
12.0
12.0
BOOGIEMAN
2.1
0.0
3.1
100.6
12.0
12.0
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
0.9
0.1
1.4
100.4
12.0
12.0
SIN DUDA
-0.6
1.5
0.6
99.3
12.0
12.0
WOMBMATES RACING
-0.5
1.1
0.4
100.8
12.0
12.0
FLYING TOASTER
-0.5
-0.5
-1.2
98.9
12.0
12.0
SURPRISE
-0.2
1.9
1.6
99.6
11.0
11.0
RUSTLER
-0.3
-0.3
-0.9
99.7
12.0
12.0
BAD IDEA
-2.1
0.1
-3.1
98.8
12.0
12.0
RUMBUNCTIOUS
1.9
0.6
3.4
100.2
11.0
11.0
CLEAN BREAK
-0.6
1.6
0.8
98.7
12.0
12.0
SMILE AND WAVE
-0.7
0.1
-0.9
97.8
11.0
11.0
ZIG ZAG
-3.3
-0.3
-5.1
96.5
12.0
12.0
PCH
-4.8
0.8
-6.2
99.3
12.0
12.0
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
1.3
-0.1
1.9
100.8
10.0
10.0
RUSH
-1.9
0.3
-2.4
98.5
12.0
12.0
OUTLIER
0.0
-2.0
-2.0
96.3
11.0
11.0
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
-0.8
-2.0
-3.2
98.2
11.0
11.0
GREEN
-2.3
1.2
-2.3
96.8
12.0
12.0
NOTORIOUS
-4.5
-3.3
-9.9
96.5
11.0
11.0
TRAMP
0.2
-0.9
-0.6
97.0
12.0
12.0
FIRE HORSE
1.8
-0.7
1.9
100.2
10.0
10.0
BBS BUS
-2.6
-0.5
-4.3
96.7
12.0
12.0
HOT WATER
-3.9
0.2
-5.5
96.7
11.0
11.0
SIDE QUEST
-2.8
-0.1
-4.2
96.5
11.0
11.0
HONCHO
-3.7
0.2
-5.2
95.6
12.0
12.0
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
-3.2
0.4
-4.3
95.3
12.0
12.0
PULSE
-2.4
-0.8
-4.3
95.8
10.0
10.0
HUZZAH
-0.4
-1.5
-2.1
96.2
12.0
12.0
LAST WORD
-4.2
0.2
-6.0
95.9
9.0
9.0
OXCART
-1.8
0.2
-2.4
96.2
9.0
9.0
COMMITTED
-2.9
-3.4
-7.7
94.2
9.0
9.0
Upwind speed against height. Upwind, SHIITAKE and WAH GWAN sit furthest above the steady-mode guide through the fleet median; this is not whole-leg VMG; one degree of height corresponds to approximately 1.5% of speed at the fleet's 40°.
Individual races
The fleet comparison above uses each boat’s event median. These points show the selected boats
race by race, on their own scale. Labels identify races; the readout shows how many beats contributed.
INDIVIDUAL RACES · VS RACE FLEETFULL RANGE
WAH GWANSHIITAKE
BOAT
Hover or tap a pointRACE
·SPEED
n/aHEIGHT
n/aMEASURED LEGS
·
Selected boats: individual race speed, angle and measured-leg counts
Boat
Race
Speed over the fleet (%)
Height over the fleet (°)
Measured legs
SHIITAKE
1.0
1.6
3.3
1.0
WAH GWAN
1.0
-0.1
3.9
1.0
SHIITAKE
2.0
-0.7
3.6
2.0
WAH GWAN
2.0
0.5
5.1
2.0
SHIITAKE
3.0
4.3
4.4
2.0
WAH GWAN
3.0
0.4
7.5
2.0
SHIITAKE
4.0
3.0
0.2
2.0
WAH GWAN
4.0
-1.1
3.9
2.0
SHIITAKE
5.0
-2.1
5.3
2.0
WAH GWAN
5.0
-0.7
7.1
2.0
SHIITAKE
6.0
-0.3
5.5
2.0
WAH GWAN
6.0
-0.7
7.9
2.0
SHIITAKE
7.0
0.1
3.5
2.0
WAH GWAN
7.0
-1.1
2.9
2.0
SHIITAKE
8.0
-0.8
3.2
2.0
WAH GWAN
8.0
-1.9
3.1
2.0
SHIITAKE
9.0
0.6
6.4
2.0
WAH GWAN
9.0
0.1
6.0
2.0
SHIITAKE
10.0
2.2
1.6
2.0
WAH GWAN
10.0
0.0
2.6
2.0
SHIITAKE
11.0
2.5
1.9
2.0
WAH GWAN
11.0
0.8
1.9
2.0
SHIITAKE
12.0
0.7
6.1
2.0
Individual race speed and height. Retained individual race observations use a separate scale from the fleet medians.
The mode estimate combines separate medians of steady speed and angle with a linear
approximation. It excludes turns and is not an average of race VMG. The whole-leg index includes
the entire run or beat; 100 matches the race fleet. Angles use the course axis rather than
measured wind at each boat. Ground tracks cannot separate current, shifts and trim, so this is
not a measurement of straight-line true-wind VMG. Adding a race can move these measures in
opposite directions.
Reading speed against height
Each large dot is a boat's median across the races; the small dots are WAH GWAN's
and SHIITAKE's individual races. Right is higher (upwind) or deeper (downwind)
than the race fleet, up is faster. The gold diagonal is equal VMG with the middle of the
fleet, and each parallel rung is about one percentage point of steady-mode VMG. The large
dot combines separate speed and angle medians; it is not the whole-leg result in the grid.
Speeds are over the ground and include current and leeway. Compare the boats race by race.
Race by race
Pick a race
Follow the fleet or frame the whole course. Everything below the replay follows the race you
pick.
The recording has gaps near the start. Unavailable samples remain blank.
WAH GWAN’s tactician later described a clean, full-speed start, a long starboard tack and the first tack on a left shift. Winners’ interview · 2:50
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Boathandling
Tacks and gybes
Compare how much speed each boat carried into a turn, how far it slowed, and how quickly it
got sailing again.
SOG % OF ENTRY · CLEAN TACKSS FROM TURN
FROM TURN
n/aFLEET
n/aSHIITAKE
n/aWAH GWAN
n/a
Fleet (3193)SHIITAKE (67)WAH GWAN (62)
Median speed through clean tacks
Series
Seconds from the turn
Speed, % of entry
Fleet (3193)
-20
100.0
Fleet (3193)
-15
100.1
Fleet (3193)
-10
99.9
Fleet (3193)
-5
99.5
Fleet (3193)
0
75.7
Fleet (3193)
5
81.0
Fleet (3193)
10
95.2
Fleet (3193)
15
99.6
Fleet (3193)
20
101.2
Fleet (3193)
25
101.7
Fleet (3193)
30
101.9
Fleet (3193)
35
101.9
Fleet (3193)
40
102.0
SHIITAKE (67)
-20
99.4
SHIITAKE (67)
-15
100.5
SHIITAKE (67)
-10
99.7
SHIITAKE (67)
-5
99.4
SHIITAKE (67)
0
82.5
SHIITAKE (67)
5
86.1
SHIITAKE (67)
10
99.6
SHIITAKE (67)
15
102.0
SHIITAKE (67)
20
101.4
SHIITAKE (67)
25
101.8
SHIITAKE (67)
30
101.8
SHIITAKE (67)
35
102.3
SHIITAKE (67)
40
101.6
WAH GWAN (62)
-20
99.8
WAH GWAN (62)
-15
99.8
WAH GWAN (62)
-10
98.9
WAH GWAN (62)
-5
100.8
WAH GWAN (62)
0
80.5
WAH GWAN (62)
5
85.1
WAH GWAN (62)
10
97.2
WAH GWAN (62)
15
100.8
WAH GWAN (62)
20
100.3
WAH GWAN (62)
25
101.2
WAH GWAN (62)
30
103.2
WAH GWAN (62)
35
101.2
WAH GWAN (62)
40
102.0
Speed through the tack. WAH GWAN's median tack drops to 72% of entry speed and is back to 95% after 8 s; the fleet's drops to 69% and recovers after 10 s.
HEEL ° · CLEAN TACKSS FROM TURN
FROM TURN
n/aFLEET
n/aSHIITAKE
n/aWAH GWAN
n/a
Median heel through clean tacks
Series
Seconds from the turn
Heel (°)
Fleet (3193)
-20
12.1
Fleet (3193)
-15
12.0
Fleet (3193)
-10
12.0
Fleet (3193)
-5
12.6
Fleet (3193)
0
6.1
Fleet (3193)
5
14.8
Fleet (3193)
10
13.3
Fleet (3193)
15
13.3
Fleet (3193)
20
13.0
Fleet (3193)
25
13.0
Fleet (3193)
30
12.8
Fleet (3193)
35
12.5
Fleet (3193)
40
12.4
SHIITAKE (67)
-20
11.4
SHIITAKE (67)
-15
11.4
SHIITAKE (67)
-10
11.3
SHIITAKE (67)
-5
11.3
SHIITAKE (67)
0
6.4
SHIITAKE (67)
5
14.6
SHIITAKE (67)
10
14.4
SHIITAKE (67)
15
14.6
SHIITAKE (67)
20
12.0
SHIITAKE (67)
25
13.2
SHIITAKE (67)
30
11.9
SHIITAKE (67)
35
11.6
SHIITAKE (67)
40
10.5
WAH GWAN (62)
-20
10.4
WAH GWAN (62)
-15
11.4
WAH GWAN (62)
-10
10.9
WAH GWAN (62)
-5
13.0
WAH GWAN (62)
0
5.9
WAH GWAN (62)
5
14.9
WAH GWAN (62)
10
12.2
WAH GWAN (62)
15
11.5
WAH GWAN (62)
20
11.8
WAH GWAN (62)
25
11.4
WAH GWAN (62)
30
11.8
WAH GWAN (62)
35
11.5
WAH GWAN (62)
40
11.9
Heel through the tack. Heel through the tack: the boat comes upright through the turn and loads up on the new side.
METRES LOST AGAINST THE RACE MEDIAN · EACH CLEAN TACK← CHEAPER
WAH GWAN
−1.2 mCLEAN TACKS
62BOAT LENGTHS
-0.16
tack loss against the race median
Boat
Median loss against the race median (m)
Clean tacks
WAH GWAN
-1.2
62
SHIITAKE
1.4
67
GAMECOCK
-2.1
45
WARCANOE
-0.5
70
DARK HORSE
-2.9
51
MAVI
-1.9
72
SENTINEL
-1.8
50
MUSTANG
-3.2
56
THE 300
-0.8
63
FLYING JENNY
-1.3
66
STRAIGHTARROW
-0.6
62
FULL THROTTLE
-0.8
67
LOOPER
-2.1
77
BIG CAT
-1.3
53
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
-0.8
64
TEAM BARBARIANS
0.1
59
TAKEOFF
0.0
61
ZHIK RACE TEAM
0.1
65
BOOGIEMAN
-0.4
66
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
0.0
71
SIN DUDA
-2.5
100
WOMBMATES RACING
1.4
58
FLYING TOASTER
0.1
66
SURPRISE
1.1
96
RUSTLER
0.8
82
BAD IDEA
0.5
68
RUMBUNCTIOUS
0.5
58
CLEAN BREAK
0.0
73
SMILE AND WAVE
-1.4
43
ZIG ZAG
0.7
80
PCH
1.6
71
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
0.1
53
RUSH
0.4
67
OUTLIER
2.0
106
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
-1.7
50
GREEN
1.1
89
NOTORIOUS
-1.6
25
TRAMP
0.2
66
FIRE HORSE
0.6
55
BBS BUS
1.0
98
HOT WATER
3.3
26
SIDE QUEST
1.6
72
HONCHO
0.7
77
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
0.5
80
PULSE
-0.8
69
HUZZAH
1.2
69
LAST WORD
2.1
54
OXCART
1.7
42
COMMITTED
-1.2
53
Tack loss against the race fleet. Metres of progress each clean tack cost against the same race's median tack; MUSTANG had the smallest median at −3.2 m.
Heel
How flat, and whether it mattered
Look for the heel range in which your boat kept making ground, and compare it with the fleet.
Treat it as a guide to this regatta, not a target for every condition.
UPWIND PROGRESS AGAINST THE FLEETHEEL °
HEEL
—FLEET
—SHIITAKE
—WAH GWAN
—
Upwind VMG by heel, fleet
Heel (°)
Upwind VMG, % of the fleet
Samples
1
89.7
3617
3
92.2
7778
5
95.7
17770
7
97.7
36240
9
98.8
54967
11
99.8
64696
13
100.4
62275
15
101.2
53389
17
101.7
40333
19
101.8
27709
21
101.8
16806
23
102.2
9352
25
102.2
4727
27
101.7
2416
29
101.9
1084
31
100.7
441
33
101.8
208
35
102.7
77
Upwind VMG against heel. Compare WAH GWAN's heel and upwind progress with the fleet.
MEDIAN UPWIND HEEL °BY DAY
BOAT
WAH GWANDAY
TueHEEL
15.0°
Tue · 13.4 kt at stationWed · 15.8 kt at stationThu · 9.3 kt at stationFri · 5.1 kt at stationSat · 4.5 kt at station
Median upwind heel
Boat
Day
Median upwind heel (°)
WAH GWAN
Tue
15.0
WAH GWAN
Wed
13.5
WAH GWAN
Thu
8.6
WAH GWAN
Fri
10.1
WAH GWAN
Sat
10.5
SHIITAKE
Tue
14.6
SHIITAKE
Wed
13.5
SHIITAKE
Thu
8.5
SHIITAKE
Fri
9.5
SHIITAKE
Sat
11.9
GAMECOCK
Tue
16.3
GAMECOCK
Wed
14.8
GAMECOCK
Thu
9.0
GAMECOCK
Fri
11.8
GAMECOCK
Sat
14.2
WARCANOE
Tue
14.1
WARCANOE
Wed
11.7
WARCANOE
Thu
10.0
WARCANOE
Fri
10.1
WARCANOE
Sat
10.2
DARK HORSE
Tue
12.9
DARK HORSE
Wed
12.8
DARK HORSE
Thu
11.1
DARK HORSE
Fri
10.3
DARK HORSE
Sat
11.1
MAVI
Tue
17.4
MAVI
Wed
16.1
MAVI
Thu
11.5
MAVI
Fri
9.7
MAVI
Sat
13.2
SENTINEL
Tue
13.6
SENTINEL
Wed
12.4
SENTINEL
Thu
9.8
SENTINEL
Fri
10.2
SENTINEL
Sat
12.1
MUSTANG
Tue
13.1
MUSTANG
Wed
11.6
MUSTANG
Thu
9.6
MUSTANG
Fri
8.5
MUSTANG
Sat
9.2
THE 300
Tue
15.5
THE 300
Wed
13.8
THE 300
Thu
10.0
THE 300
Fri
9.2
THE 300
Sat
12.5
FLYING JENNY
Tue
14.7
FLYING JENNY
Wed
13.6
FLYING JENNY
Thu
11.0
FLYING JENNY
Fri
11.1
FLYING JENNY
Sat
12.6
STRAIGHTARROW
Tue
17.0
STRAIGHTARROW
Wed
17.0
STRAIGHTARROW
Thu
13.8
STRAIGHTARROW
Fri
13.4
STRAIGHTARROW
Sat
15.1
FULL THROTTLE
Tue
18.2
FULL THROTTLE
Wed
16.5
FULL THROTTLE
Thu
13.1
FULL THROTTLE
Fri
12.6
FULL THROTTLE
Sat
15.4
LOOPER
Tue
13.9
LOOPER
Wed
11.9
LOOPER
Thu
8.0
LOOPER
Fri
7.7
LOOPER
Sat
10.8
BIG CAT
Tue
12.0
BIG CAT
Wed
12.4
BIG CAT
Thu
10.7
BIG CAT
Fri
10.8
BIG CAT
Sat
10.1
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
Tue
15.1
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
Wed
13.1
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
Thu
9.5
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
Fri
8.5
TROUBLEMAKER / GILL RACE TEAM
Sat
11.5
TEAM BARBARIANS
Tue
20.1
TEAM BARBARIANS
Wed
15.6
TEAM BARBARIANS
Thu
11.2
TEAM BARBARIANS
Fri
11.7
TEAM BARBARIANS
Sat
12.6
TAKEOFF
Tue
14.1
TAKEOFF
Wed
14.2
TAKEOFF
Thu
12.8
TAKEOFF
Fri
13.0
TAKEOFF
Sat
13.8
ZHIK RACE TEAM
Tue
17.1
ZHIK RACE TEAM
Wed
16.1
ZHIK RACE TEAM
Thu
11.4
ZHIK RACE TEAM
Fri
10.9
ZHIK RACE TEAM
Sat
13.3
BOOGIEMAN
Tue
16.5
BOOGIEMAN
Wed
13.7
BOOGIEMAN
Thu
9.2
BOOGIEMAN
Fri
8.9
BOOGIEMAN
Sat
12.2
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
Tue
16.1
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
Wed
15.3
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
Thu
11.8
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
Fri
11.0
TEAM BAGDAD PROSPECTS HELLY HANSEN
Sat
13.7
SIN DUDA
Tue
18.6
SIN DUDA
Wed
15.0
SIN DUDA
Thu
9.5
SIN DUDA
Fri
10.4
SIN DUDA
Sat
12.2
WOMBMATES RACING
Tue
16.5
WOMBMATES RACING
Wed
11.6
WOMBMATES RACING
Thu
8.4
WOMBMATES RACING
Fri
8.9
WOMBMATES RACING
Sat
12.4
FLYING TOASTER
Tue
16.0
FLYING TOASTER
Wed
15.3
FLYING TOASTER
Thu
13.3
FLYING TOASTER
Fri
11.3
FLYING TOASTER
Sat
13.5
SURPRISE
Tue
13.9
SURPRISE
Wed
12.3
SURPRISE
Thu
9.4
SURPRISE
Fri
10.7
SURPRISE
Sat
12.5
RUSTLER
Tue
16.5
RUSTLER
Wed
10.8
RUSTLER
Thu
8.9
RUSTLER
Fri
9.3
RUSTLER
Sat
12.0
BAD IDEA
Tue
15.1
BAD IDEA
Wed
14.1
BAD IDEA
Thu
10.5
BAD IDEA
Fri
10.9
BAD IDEA
Sat
12.6
RUMBUNCTIOUS
Tue
19.3
RUMBUNCTIOUS
Wed
16.6
RUMBUNCTIOUS
Thu
11.0
RUMBUNCTIOUS
Fri
11.4
RUMBUNCTIOUS
Sat
14.6
CLEAN BREAK
Tue
18.3
CLEAN BREAK
Wed
15.0
CLEAN BREAK
Thu
11.3
CLEAN BREAK
Fri
10.4
CLEAN BREAK
Sat
12.1
SMILE AND WAVE
Tue
15.8
SMILE AND WAVE
Wed
14.6
SMILE AND WAVE
Thu
13.0
SMILE AND WAVE
Fri
12.3
SMILE AND WAVE
Sat
14.7
ZIG ZAG
Tue
16.6
ZIG ZAG
Wed
15.1
ZIG ZAG
Thu
11.3
ZIG ZAG
Fri
12.3
ZIG ZAG
Sat
13.6
PCH
Tue
17.2
PCH
Wed
15.3
PCH
Thu
10.5
PCH
Fri
11.8
PCH
Sat
13.8
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
Tue
16.3
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
Wed
13.2
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
Thu
9.3
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
Fri
9.7
RESPONSIBLY FUNDED
Sat
—
RUSH
Tue
16.8
RUSH
Wed
14.5
RUSH
Thu
9.7
RUSH
Fri
9.8
RUSH
Sat
12.7
OUTLIER
Tue
15.2
OUTLIER
Wed
13.5
OUTLIER
Thu
11.0
OUTLIER
Fri
12.2
OUTLIER
Sat
14.1
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
Tue
14.6
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
Wed
13.0
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
Thu
11.3
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
Fri
10.8
TWO TRAILER PARK GIRLS
Sat
13.0
GREEN
Tue
16.9
GREEN
Wed
14.5
GREEN
Thu
11.2
GREEN
Fri
11.0
GREEN
Sat
13.1
NOTORIOUS
Tue
18.0
NOTORIOUS
Wed
17.0
NOTORIOUS
Thu
8.7
NOTORIOUS
Fri
9.5
NOTORIOUS
Sat
9.5
TRAMP
Tue
16.9
TRAMP
Wed
13.8
TRAMP
Thu
11.7
TRAMP
Fri
11.3
TRAMP
Sat
14.4
FIRE HORSE
Tue
16.0
FIRE HORSE
Wed
13.5
FIRE HORSE
Thu
13.2
FIRE HORSE
Fri
13.0
FIRE HORSE
Sat
—
BBS BUS
Tue
18.0
BBS BUS
Wed
17.6
BBS BUS
Thu
12.5
BBS BUS
Fri
12.8
BBS BUS
Sat
16.4
HOT WATER
Tue
14.7
HOT WATER
Wed
15.1
HOT WATER
Thu
9.2
HOT WATER
Fri
12.5
HOT WATER
Sat
11.7
SIDE QUEST
Tue
15.8
SIDE QUEST
Wed
14.8
SIDE QUEST
Thu
12.4
SIDE QUEST
Fri
12.9
SIDE QUEST
Sat
15.3
HONCHO
Tue
14.4
HONCHO
Wed
12.5
HONCHO
Thu
10.0
HONCHO
Fri
10.8
HONCHO
Sat
11.4
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
Tue
16.6
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
Wed
13.7
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
Thu
10.8
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
Fri
10.0
12HAPPYTHOUGHTS
Sat
12.3
PULSE
Tue
20.3
PULSE
Wed
18.2
PULSE
Thu
13.1
PULSE
Fri
13.7
PULSE
Sat
—
HUZZAH
Tue
10.8
HUZZAH
Wed
9.1
HUZZAH
Thu
8.1
HUZZAH
Fri
8.4
HUZZAH
Sat
9.4
LAST WORD
Tue
13.0
LAST WORD
Wed
12.0
LAST WORD
Thu
9.7
LAST WORD
Fri
—
LAST WORD
Sat
—
OXCART
Tue
14.4
OXCART
Wed
11.7
OXCART
Thu
10.3
OXCART
Fri
—
OXCART
Sat
—
COMMITTED
Tue
12.3
COMMITTED
Wed
13.5
COMMITTED
Thu
10.2
COMMITTED
Fri
10.3
COMMITTED
Sat
—
Median upwind heel by boat and day. The fleet's median upwind heel was 16° on Tue, 14° on Wed, 11° on Thu, 11° on Fri, 13° on Sat; on any one day boats differ by a few degrees.
Speed by angle
The polar the fleet actually sailed
Speed over the ground by wind angle. Racing was on Little Traverse Bay. Wind readings from Mackinaw City, about 48 km away, provide off-course context only.
SPEED BY WIND ANGLE · KTALL DAYS
ANGLE
—WAH GWAN
—FLEET MEDIAN
—FLEET P90
—
WAH GWANSHIITAKEFleet medianFleet 90th percentile
Ground speed by angle to the course axis
Course to wind (°)
Fleet median (kt)
Fleet 90th percentile (kt)
WAH GWAN (kt)
Seconds sampled
7.5
5.8
6.4
—
2294
12.5
5.9
6.4
5.9
10482
17.5
5.8
6.4
5.8
29814
22.5
5.8
6.3
5.8
55278
27.5
5.8
6.3
5.8
82732
32.5
5.8
6.3
5.8
109494
37.5
5.8
6.3
5.8
129178
42.5
5.8
6.3
5.7
128876
47.5
5.7
6.3
5.6
106136
52.5
5.7
6.3
5.6
76204
57.5
5.8
6.5
5.8
49356
62.5
5.8
6.6
5.4
27670
67.5
5.8
6.7
—
15536
72.5
5.9
7.0
—
9226
77.5
6.0
7.1
—
6692
82.5
6.2
7.4
—
6758
87.5
6.4
7.6
—
7826
92.5
6.4
7.9
—
6938
97.5
6.6
8.5
—
5252
102.5
6.8
9.0
—
4604
107.5
7.2
10.2
—
4744
112.5
8.5
11.5
—
6750
117.5
8.9
11.7
—
11456
122.5
8.9
11.9
10.1
19922
127.5
8.1
11.8
9.2
29528
132.5
7.3
11.4
8.1
44396
137.5
6.9
10.9
7.7
66862
142.5
6.7
10.7
6.9
85480
147.5
6.6
10.1
6.7
94594
152.5
6.5
9.3
6.3
87908
157.5
6.4
8.4
6.2
68252
162.5
6.3
8.1
6.0
37250
167.5
6.1
7.8
6.0
16690
172.5
5.9
7.2
6.0
5954
177.5
5.6
7.6
—
1760
Observed ground-speed polar. Ground speed by wind angle for WAH GWAN, SHIITAKE and the fleet.
Tracking for WAH GWAN: Complete in 0 of 11 races sailed; race 1: 65% recorded, about 21 min missing; race 2: 82% recorded, about 10 min missing; race 3: 66% recorded, about 18 min missing; race 4: 91% recorded, about 6 min missing; race 5: 74% recorded, about 16 min missing; race 6: 87% recorded, about 8 min missing; race 7: 85% recorded, about 9 min missing; race 8: 94% recorded, about 3 min missing; race 9: 96% recorded, about 3 min missing; race 10: 92% recorded, about 5 min missing; race 11: 78% recorded, about 14 min missing. How tracking gaps are classified.
All 49 boat debriefs
WAH GWAN: first-beat position built on upwind pace
WAH GWAN won on 32 net points to SHIITAKE’s 61, leading from Race 6 on. In a public SailBoss debrief, tactician Stu McNay put it down to consistent starts and first-beat positioning that came from upwind speed. The tracks fit: a median second at the first mark from a median tenth two minutes after the gun. Race 12, a DNC, is the discard.
What the crew described
McNay described the plan: start in the middle third of the line at full speed, take a long starboard tack, and tack on the compass while overpowered. Strategist Jordan Janov called the boats to windward, and both credited Anthony Kotoun’s lane-holding. The tracks show where the boat went, not why.
Where the tracks match the story
In Race 6, McNay said a boat to leeward spoiled the start, so they tacked onto port for clear water. WAH GWAN was 22nd one minute after the gun, then led at every mark after three tacks on the first beat, against a fleet median of six. In the fading Race 9 he called tacking in a lull the mistake to avoid: two tacks on the first beat, against a median of six, and 16th at two minutes became second at the first mark. In Race 10 he said they trusted visible pressure over local knowledge: fourth at the first mark, third at the finish.
Where the time came from
Over the nine races with complete timing (3–11), WAH GWAN gained an average of 260 seconds a race on the middle of the fleet: 142 on the beats, 95 on the runs, 16 off the line and 7 from gybes. Its median beat VMG index, 107.9, was the fleet’s highest. In steady upwind sailing it matched the fleet’s speed about 3.9° higher, which fits McNay’s point that height pays when overpowered.
One race to replay
Race 4 is the counterexample: sixth at the first mark, then five places lost on the first run before a recovery to seventh. For the fleet’s best runner, that leg deserves a replay.