Saturday morning was beautiful also.. With the sun rising over Bird Island.
By 9am I was out on the ocean sailing.. I went out a couple miles and then back to make the 11 am start for the race. In racing class were Tenor the new beneteau 10R and TeeSzu. In Cruising class were Runnaway, Sea Puppy and Achilles Heel.
I had a really good day racing. I hit the start just right and sailed well against Runnaway and Achilles Heel. Unfortunately Runaway had to DNF and go back in before they finished the race. I think I would have beat them but at the point they turned around at they were only about a minute behind me. Unusually, I ran away from Achilles Heel on the upwind leg of the race, as normal I rapidly opened up the distance even more on the downwind leg. On a 4 mile course I owe them 4 minutes but since I came in about 9 minutes ahead of them I think I won that one 🙂 Normally once the handicap is taken into account Achilles Heel has historically run really close to me with us passing each other in the standings on a regular basis.
After the race I did a little more sailing and then went back to Bird Island to spend the night again. It was a beautifull evening and I spent the first part of it listening to some enya while sitting in the cockpit watching the sun set.
Scott Coleman had his Mainship “My Annie” anchored out when I got there. I ended up having dinner with them. 🙂 Thanks Scott!
I left out from My Annie and got back over to Sea Puppy to just crash… talk about tired. I didn’t even wake up when Sea Puppy swung around on her anchor when the tide changed later that evening.
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