Tonight we raced in variable condition, from sunny and 8 kts. from the east, through 12 kts. from the west with a few showers, and we finished with 20-25 kts. out of the northwest.
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A shower dodges the fleet and passes to the west
J.R., Joyce and Janal
Lee appropriately holds down the lee rail
This boat looks as if it's about to be swallowed by a storm cloud
Tonight was the first of the three races of the "Woman at the Helm" series. The fleet was large, with about nine boats competing. The wind was light, around 5-10 kts most of the race. Not our ideal conditions, but we did pretty good when the breeze was up to around 6-7 kts.
Joyce did really good tonight, and the light winds helped her not be too nervous. Crew was Janal, J.R., nephew Derek, and me.
The mellow conditions allowed me to shoot a lot of video (with that crappy camera again) and I put together a little video in honor of the ladies who raced tonight. Keeping up with my trend of using cheesy 80's music for my videos, you'll immediately "get" the choice. Enjoy!
RESULTS:
1 Secret 2 Caliente 3 Schock Therapy 4 Savage 5 Spirit 6 Paikea 7 Full Tilt 8 Black Hawk 9 Tippecanoe 10 Backstep DNF
Since I shoot this with my digital camera, I get a lot of data loss when I convert it. I'll start shooting some video with my mini-DV camcorder sometime soon, which'll be a lot better looking.
We were asked to fill in for an open RC date on the calander, so we didn't race tonight. But we had a fun race anyway. I shot some video, and I'll have it up early next week.
Joyce and her nephew Derek steer us up the channel.
And last Saturday a big helicopter buzzed us in Milford Harbor, taking a couple of turns around the area before flying off. Look at that sky!
