First race of the year on Willoughby Bay. It was a little breezy so I decided to just motor out and anchor at the Birdsnest to photograph the race. As the boats rounded the first mark and headed towards me the winds picked up significantly. Instead of 15 knots they continued to build. I let out another 50' of anchor line in 10' of water, for 100'+. The winds gusted to 37 knots making things difficult for the few boats that didn't drop out of the race. Overpowered rounding the mark things got a little exciting for the first boat as it healed over 50 degrees in a gust.
I usually keep a pretty good watch on the weather. Others had not expected this either. Since I was just photographing it wasn't a big concern for me, and I was lax in getting an updated forecast before heading out.