Whitby Fall regatta, three races to finish off the last series, and another makeup race. NE 8 knot breeze, full sail. By the time we got out there, the wind had swung to the east.
My brother Doug and Rita crewed with me. Doug had never been on a sailboat, but I was sure he would do fine.
We had a bad start; we were slighly behind the pack to stay out of traffic, and as we turned to a starboard tack to cross the line, we had to duck several boats from the next start. It was so bad, we had to tack to avoid them!
We had the boat moving well, finished last about 5 minutes behind everyone else.
Tanker Jones has some transmission problems, so the race committe took out the work boat. During the race, the boat was being hit by waves over the transom. By the end of the race, they were worried she would sink, so they called off any more races.
The three of us sailed to Frenchman's Bay, went in to check it out, and headed back for the BBQ.
What a great day for sailing.
Trip Odometer: 27.99 miles
Moving Avg: 4.4 knots
Moving Time: 06:23:59
Google Earth track: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/20110910.kmz
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