Herrington Harbor Sailing Association's Annual Women's Regatta was held in Herrington Bay in very light winds - a stark contrast to the big winds and high seas we had in 2021.
I served as the crew chief and put together a team of sailors as part of our Valhalla Sailing Project's efforts to get more women Veterans out on the water racing. A true sense of comrardarie was built among our team of 4 Veterans and 4 Civilians. In addition to our 8 racers Claire served as our coach and we did get in one practice. We raced on Jay McGinnis' J30 Blitz in the PHRF Spinnaker class.
Despite all odds and two starts whereby the RC had to call us back to the line with dying winds the third start was a go and we did manage to get in one race. We were fortunate to squeeze two boats that were barging at the signal boat out and really nailed the start.
We crossed the line in third which was a podium finish in the PHRF Spinnaker class!
