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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
*Special Report*
We arrived early on Sunday so that we could get a jump on the heat and hopefully the crowds (not to mention there is a lot to see and I’m on crutches… [yes, in the picture below, I’m cheating])
Just like last year we’re going to take the $10 parking shuttle bus combo from the Navy stadium. As we pass the parking attendant Dad leans out the window and says “I’ve got a handicap here can I get a close spot to the buses.” Well, I guess you have to take what little advantage you can of the situation, now if only they had a handicap special on new diesel engines. The other handicap advantage was since I had my hands full, all of the images on this page were taken by my Dad.
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Poco Loco (loco)
I said screw it. Yeah my foot doesn’t work worth a damn but I want to sail. The crew is undermanned so if I don’t go they can’t sail either. So I went and we just went cruising instead of racing.
The weather was fantastic and even with our smallest jib up (the #3) we were cranking away. Our goal was to make it to the starting mark to see the start. We actually made it with about a minute or two to spare even though we left an hour later than everyone! It’s a good thing we didn’t try to race, I think I would have really screw up my foot. We followed the racers along the race until they came to the upwind leg, at this point we decide ” nah, lets jut head out and enjoy the day”. So we turned the helm downwind and SURFED with just the #3 up! Amazing sailing.
Going to the podiatrist on Monday, sigh…
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Regatta! 5 kts of wind…
Sometimes you’re flush and sometimes you’re bust. Today was some of the most excrutiating sailing imaginable with wind speeds hanging in the 5-10 kt range and staying toward the lower end. Circuit Breaker is a big boat and it takes quite a bit to get her going so needless to say, it wasn’t really our day. Despite it all, we managed to take second in the A1 class (top class).
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Regatta! 30 kts of wind! Diaper?
We had a blast today in 30 kts of wind out in the bay. It was so windy that we only sailed 2 races for fear of boats getting damaged (people too…). Circuit Breaker and crew managed to pull off a win and a second place in those two races to give us a nice first day. Sadly we were so busy keeping everything in check that I didn’t really get a chance to take any pictures except for one, but let me just say that I finally know what “sailing on your ear means”. That one picture is of the “diaper”. The sails on Circuit Breaker are largely second hand so there are all kinds of oddities. One of the spinnaker chutes is called the Diaper, for well, here’s the pictures.
Let’s just say that these stains aren’t coming out in the wash (because they’re diesel…). There’s also a huge black spinnaker that the crew calls “The DeathStar” because things never go well at all when its in the air.