Team Seacats

Rough day yesterday (i’m running late so the blog will be quick). 1st race we were battling for the lead when we had the downhaul line do a little knitting in the spinnaker block while trying to sheet the spinnaker – got a 4th. 2nd race, had a good one and won it after taking the lead on the first beat. 3rd race, we were both getting really cold and having a hard time staying balanced while the wind continued to build – some gusts probably over 20 knots. Getting in and off the wire was becoming difficult and the fight was frozen out of us (we could still see our breath in the middle of the afternoon with the sun shining). Got a 4th in the 3rd race and the race committee called off racing for the day.

Today, since Wick joined the fleet, we’re now in 3rd overall. Wick’s average score gets applied to Friday’s racing in the system they use here for people that can’t make it all three days. We’re out of 2nd by one point and out of 1st (I think) by three points. It’s going to be cold again today but the wind will be light – we need some good ones!