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The "Around the Island Race" start was different from usual races in that we did a downwind start so that they could do a clockwise race around the island. Downwind starts are difficult, because there's no way to put on the brakes and being over the line when the start horn goes off means you have to return and that costs a lot of time. But for those boats that start under spinnaker it gives us on the committee start boat a great view. And the CSA1 huge racers are impressive regardless of what direction they are heading.