yes i understand andy we knew the wind was to be strong and we also knew that today was to be a better day for birds racing we could have dalayed the basketing until yesterday and got a better race for today as the weather is better we have to look into this a bit better weather wise as our ybs have had it hard now with these west winds now for about a month now and dont kid ourselfs looking at the birdage the past few weeks the loses have been horendous for some fanciers yb racing is about schooling them not murdering them with these winds