I bailed on MOW today, since Grace was supposed to be in town, but then she bailed on me, so I headed out to CBI. Sailed my first tiller club race and had an awesome time. By far the most active I have ever been on a Mercury. We were hiking and rolltacking and really doing our best to sail good and fast. Three great finishes (2, 4, 2) and then we must have started getting tired, cause we fell apart. A few penalty spins, and the last three races were back of the pack for us.
THEN, there was a spinnaker class that had an open spot, and I hopped in there. The wind (of course) picked up, so we ended up out there on a relatively wild yellow, river full of boats, tossing spinnakers up in the air for the first time. Meg and I got star of class :). It was SO much fun, and I don't think I got any better at trim, but I loved getting more time to feel it all. Driving was neat, too!
Then I went home and laid horizontal after a full 7 hours out on the water.