Unique and challenging conditions for my first gov cup and the first gov cup in many years for Eighth Deadly Sin. Started off under the #3 and quickly changed to the spinnaker to take advantage of the downwind conditions, ran under that for about 30 minutes before deciding it was overpowering the boat so we put up the heavy #1 and pressed on. We were able to hold impressive boat speed all the way down to the calvert cliffs plant where we switched back to the #3 on account of increasing wind and sea state. We stuck close to the rhumb line until just south of the navy base but the wind started pushing us closer to the eastern shore. Took a slightly wide rounding of the point lookout light and then had a slightly quieter run up the Potomac and St. Mary's as conditions lightened. Crossed the finish line at 3:38 AM for the fastest finish ever on Sin. Overall a great race and great to see potential in the crew.