Trip dates:
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Trip length:
1 day
Type of watercraft:
Power
After losing the spinnaker pole over the side on the way back from the OPCYC Yankee Station Series Race right off Fort Monroe when the Genoa sheet wrapped under the pole in its stanchion bracket and an inadvertent guns sent it flying. One of my crew coordinated with a boat owner whose boat was equipped with a side scan sonar and diver to see if we could locate the spinnaker pole. Unfortunately it was a little windy with 2 foot swells and a knot or two of current. Rick gave it a good try, attempting two dives, but the visibility was almost zero and he was unable to locate whatever it was that Nick saw on the sonar. But, it was a good try, and we had a good time and I made some new friends.