Last month’s headline for the Golden Gate Midwinters read, “Rain, Hail and Swell.” This month, we just had rain, rain and rain. The storm-whipped southerly resulted in lots of reaching, and in last minute sail changes and reefing.

The race committee sent the bigger boats on a typical 9-mile triangle-sausage course around Blackaller, Harding Rock and Fort Mason Buoys, while the smaller boats got windward-leewards around inflatable marks. But even the intended windward-leewards were reach-reaches.

It was a good day to have great foulies and a lot of team spirit. The soaking wet crews appreciated the clubhouse fireplace and the post-race ‘Seaweed Soup’. Results are up at www.ggyc.com/raceresults.php. Golden Gate Yacht Club will wrap up this series on March 1. Also on March 1, the South Bay Yacht Racing Association finishes their winter series. For more on that, see http://sbyra.home.comcast.net/~sbyra.