Well, we couldn’t do any worst than yesterday, right?

Actually we didn’t.  Skiles was on the boat taking care of the helm while I just ran around trying to do everything that needed to be done.

Somehow he hit Trick Monkey before the start.  Now this is the Second Melges 24 we have hit this year…I am starting to call Speedster The BigBadMelges Eater…

Due to the accident, we started about a minute late.  But let me tell you, what a difference the helmsman makes.  He had us catching up as soon as we crossed the start line.  We rounded the course and finished the race barely one boat length behind Swale…

We did much better as a team…we got a 14th. Not great, but not as bad as the night before.

The Skipper