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With Captain Shawn Ridgley at the helm, the Ida May won the Choptank Heritage Race in Cambridge MD on September 24, 2022.  It was an exciting race and a perfect day to sail: just enough wind but not too much; 5 to 10 knots.  Our start was not very good and we began in last place.  The wind died on us when we were trying to make our tack towards the starting line.  All our momentum was lost and we were unable to turn.  We had to build up momentum again, but again we didn't have enough speed…