The fleet in the breeze & chop
Dion pulled the plug on today's racing on account of big conditions and potential for storms, so James and I hopped on Neptune's Wager instead. We got in the mix at the start better than prior races, but were still a little late. We sailed a reasonable upwind leg, and turned down to head on a long-ish downwind. I talked Jay into setting a spin, but we had used up most of the leg by the time it was up. Unfortunately I was the only person on the boat who understood the whole spin process, and trying to explain it to everyone live as it was happening went about as well as one might expect... As we reached the mark we got into a rights situation with Cheetah and executed a quick, if messy, douse, and headed up to the bridge. One more upwind home and we finished the race. Challenging conditions and subpar performance on our part, but it made for a fantastic learning experience for everyone involved and got us to have a great conversation about the spinnaker process afterwards. Always good to learn something out on the water, even if it is the hard way.