How about this?
Josin won second prize! Whooppeee! I helped.
A very interesting regatta. Very variable wind, in strength and direction. Start delayed until there was enough wind to move the boats. Then start confusion due to rearranging times and signals, but everyone got away reasonably together. It took me a while to learn my biggest genoa again, having not used it this season, and got rather left behind in the 3-5 knot breeze, but round the first mark and I got the genoa in, gennaker out proceeedure just right, and gained a lot on those who were getting mudded. You win some, you lose some. It was my turn to lose some later, but luckily not too much! (Memo: Coil all ropes that are not in use. If left in a wuzzle on the cockpit floor, the boat gremlin lassos one’s feet). Plenty to keep me busy due to the variable wind, so even the coffee in the thermos didn’t get touched.
The evening before, I had emptied the boat of all the summer-sailing clobber, hoping for a significant reduction in weight, but it was more psychological than real. Anyway, every little helps.
Next tuesday is another evening regatta, so, with this result in mind, we are going to have to be on our mettle. A better start will be on the program!
Time for a little snooze.
All’s well.
Josin's 2025 cruise 