While I had carefully planned my weekend, nothing went as planned. The plan for Sunday the 25th was easy, I am going frostbite racing on the Tartan 101- Starbird.. No brainer. Dock time 11:00- be there or be square, Do two races and head home for previously prepared chili.,.....Sunday's plan almost worked as planned.
The frostbite race start was delayed from 12:00 until 2:00 for reasons no one could explain. With the later start, dock time shifted to 1:00 and so there was only one race instead of two.
It was beautiful out there with clear skies, temps were a balmy at almost at 40F, and despite the predictions, 10-15 knots of wind. The owner was out of town and so Julian Richards was skipper for the day. I had been designated as 'tactician', and so didn't get to pull too many strings. I mostly got to say things like "we could use a bit more vang." , "We should tack towards the center on the gust coing in 300 feet", and "more cowbell".
We nailed the start and did super on the windward legs, but as is typical with this boat, the downwind leg were our waterloo. It was a bit of a roller coaster going back and forth between champ and chump. But it was a great day to be on the water with a fun crew to sail with,
And yes, the chili hit all of the right spots....