Monday, January 5, 2009

Sure why not!

Famous last words, as my father would say, Famous last words! And so I agreed to go sailing with my friend Trevor on his new Express 37, just the two of us, for a VRC Polar Bear race. The winds appeared light at the start, but the forecast called for 30+ knots in the bay by the end of the day. Off we go with the #1 up and yours truly driving on a downwind start as Trevor runs around hoisting the spinnaker. Twice around the bay had us changing head sails down to a #3 and contemplating NOT flying the spinnaker again. But with competition closing in, up went the spinnaker again for a bloody great ride down the bay at an easy 7 or 8 kts. After dropping the sails to head home, the real wind of the day showed up and in a matter of an hour it was snowing with winds gusting into the mid 30's. A great ride on a great boat. Looking forward to more of that kind of fun.

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