Anyone that has spent some time with me knows how much I hate being late…well, last night I was late to the start line.  I am not talking a few seconds, I am talking about what seemed like an hour!  Ok, so it was only like 5  minutes, but that is a lot of time in sailing.   Worst than that, the race committee started the race a couple of minutes early.  BAH!  I was not a very happy camper…Sherrill, Dwight, and I were to pick up Bruce from Swale before the race…well that didn’t happen.  Not that I really feel bad for him…he knows why!

So we ended up only having the three of us on the boat.  It actually worked out OK…we could have used a bit more weight on the rail, but we launched the chute like champs.  Who needs a crew of 5, when 3 can do it.  Actually I was very impressed with the whole night.  Three months ago, I would have never thought we could handle the boat with three.  Kick Ass.  We almost did catch Swale, but they did keep their position.  That was some fantastic downwind sailing.  They absolutely killed it!

As is customary after the Wed Night races, we docked the boat at bayview and started the BBQ Party.  Look as Scott manning the grill…I would call him the Official HamburgerHelper…We ate, had a couple of beers and decided to take Speedy back to RCYC.  Shannon came along for the ride.  We might have or not “borrowed” a bow light from a boat.  Safety First Kids. I can say that if I had borrowed a light from a boat, I did also return it. Overall I think last night was a great sail…we just need to leave RCYC a bit early.

The Skipper