We had our last race of DRW last night. The same triangle course that we’ve had in the past nights.  EXCEPT it was a windward start…actually it was a reach.  We were right on the start.  Had to change the side that we were going to launch the chute and that is when it went a little afoul.  I am not ratting anyone out, but the Spinnaker came out of the cabin sideways.  Someone had the halyard on the wrong end of the Spinnaker…I hope no one got a picture of that.  I know many of the boats saw it, as they reminded me of it during the after party. Read more…

The Skipper

We left the boat at RCYC when the race got canceled. So today we had to take it back to Chandler’s for the race. As soon as I got the motor up and running, Peter found some wind and we started hauling down. Just my luck. Read more…

The Skipper

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… Read more…

The Skipper