Last Saturday night was the second race at RCYC for the Saturday Night Summer Series.  It was also the first time the boat has been in the water since I replaced the outhaul on the boom.  Let me say this, the sounds the metal cables make while getting stretched out really shakes my confidence in my boat repairing abilities…but it did hold!  YEAY!

I read the Race Instructions at least three times, I knew our start time was at 7:05….I JUST KNEW IT.  We were a bit late leaving the dock, but I though we would have plenty of time to get to the start.  We had a hiccup in setting up the boat and it became apparent as soon as we started tacking.  Not a big deal but we did have to hang out for a couple of minutes before heading towards the start.

Imagine my surprise when I saw the other boats starting…I called for the time and it was 7:00…Surely they were just getting ready…when the other boats did not turn around after a minute, I knew something was wrong.  We turned the boat and BOOOKED it for the start…we got there at 7:04:56, crossed at 7:05…and we played catchup for the rest of the night.  The Breeze was good and we did pretty good.  No foul-ups, and plenty of cold beer.  NICE

We finished, put the boat aways and read the Race Instructions for the 7th time…our start was at 7:05…the other boats jumped the GUN!  Can you say WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER?  So what that it was by default.  It is still a Numero UNO!  NICE!

Chris, Dwight, Mandy and Scott were a great crew….I am not sure how we didn’t get any pics….

The Skipper