We won a race by literally a mile in the Big Daddy Regatta way back when in SF Bay on Irrational, a Peterson 1 ton plus. We were definitely not sailing to our rating that day in light air and were trailing the pack as they were headed south of Angel Island towards Pt Richmond to what they...
I once accidentally did not go back out from the beach to go through start/finish on an upwind leg and gained significant advantage in light air in a Soling one design race. No one protested but Dave Whale who was course setter and race committee all in one that day stopped by my boat in the...