Mate,
Good job, well done. While prior planning prevents piss poor performance (going against your plan of into wind), there's nothing wrong with what you did. I would hope that in the same circumstance (mind you I have vowed never to strap my ass in a Robbo), I would perform as admirably. Both alive at the end and that's what counts. You were lucky the student in RHS didn't climb over you on the way out.
Sunnywa.