Loose on the Neuse wrap-up
by Jake on Oct.15, 2006, under Racing!
I awoke this morning, filled my belly with grits, bacon, and french toast, and met David Lennard at the boat where he was already busy making a few tweaks to the rigging to make the boat a little easier to sail. We did some minor things, went to get changed, and hoisted the sails. At 9:30am we were the first off the beach and slowly making our way in the very light breeze to the race committee that had setup about a mile away. An hour later (!), we arrived at the race committee. The other boats slowly meandered their way to the starting area and after an hour, the race committee decided to abandon racing for the day and sent us to the beach.
The standings left where they were yesterday – Nigel Pitt and Trey Brown in 1st with 4 points, Wick and Wick in 2nd with 5 points, David Lennard and I in 3rd with 6 points for the low portsmouth fleet. That is a spectacular place for a regatta and the racing on Saturday was a really good time. Can’t wait until next year!
