That big green channel marker was our 'windward mark.' We had to tack back and forth against the wind (beat) to get there. We had 2 races, and both were aborted. The first because a big-assed ship was coming up river and we were in the middle of the channel (as you can tell by the channel marker) and the second was called for lack of wind. We were winning both, but Gila and Valerie were giving us a run for our money on the first.