made the last minute decision to head down to CBI for informal Merc Friday night racing. Ran into Lucy, a fellow Tuesday women's sailor and headed out with her. Made it one and 1.95 races in, full of horrible slow starts and upwind legs, until we were called back for a thunderstorm. I am so incredilbly out of practice and useless on a merc these days. The most entertaining thing was getting everyone in, since we went from a full (nearly 50) boat fleet of Mercs on the water to 0, with 7 coach boats coming out and dragging us back two at a time. First time I've ever seen their safety fleet fully activated (should be a bingo square)! Of course, we were the last boat saved, so we had the pleasure of rocking and paddling forever before the drive of shame back to the dock.