2- I realized that sailing to the shore to beach start was a losing strategy. I got caught in a wind black hole next to shore. Wind was real week and blowing opposite direction of the dominant wind. Got stuck there 20 minutes. Had to swim with gears off shore to get back in the normal wind from where I water started. Bob can back me up, he had a similar experience
3- I “jumped” (emphasis on the quotation marks). Upon lending I got stuck in a nasty fin spin out for what seemed to last 20 second