I'm not gonna make 100 days this year, that's for sure.
I've spent way too many days working on boats instead of enjoying them on the water. But I actually LIKE working on boats, depending on what the job is. Working below on a hot diesel on a scorching, windless day with a lot of powerboat wakes is about as bad as it gets. I hope to never have to do that again. But other projects are rewarding and can actually be fun. And once the i550 goes to a new owner, I can get down to the business of more sailing.
I did make it to BCYA this week though. It was a light night with pay-offs coming from finding patches or lanes of higher pressure. We failed to do that on the first lap but made up for it in the finishing lap. I think the course was start at D, R, D, R, finish at D. We took a fourth, and that was a large improvement considering where we were the first time around the course. We got a boost from a few competitor's having issues with sail handling.
I may be crazy, but again, the RC boat waited until the entire boat was over the line before signaling our finish. A few weeks ago, I emailed them to politely remind them what the definition of "finish" is in the RRS. They insisted they were following the RRS. But this happens all the time and with different boats I've raced on.
Maybe I'm just wrong. It's certainly possible.
