2007 Chesapeake Bay Regional Junior Olympics

Storming Norman.

Mark the man Freestate.

Tom Coleman conducted an Opti Clinic on shore.

Tom Coleman stresses the importance of having fun at these events.

Believe it or not, the starting line is to the right of the mark.

There was a great deal of confusion and a couple of restarts - the tide was really ripping through the channel and had the red, white and blue fleet on the wrong side of the mark.

Things got a "little" hairy when the boats started to pile up on one end of the starting line - then to make matters worse the tide took almost the entire fleet over the line. Here, everyone is jockeying for position to get back over the line and get a good start.

The starting line/tide problem continues.

At this point it looks like rush hour in NY City as everyone struggles with the line/tide.

It's always something! This time, it was the strong tide that had the Opti fleet struggling to get off a good start. These boats had to come back and cross the finish line when they were over the line.

And they're off! Much to the relief of race committe.

What a gorgeous day... looks like fall!

Here, everyone seems to have learned how to get behind the line in spite of the tide... except for one lone rebel who doesn't seem too overly concerned that the fleet will be bearing down on him shortly.