Dinghy Race #2 was a decided improvement over Dinghy Race #1 (and a major improvement over the weekend before when I got towed home).
Dinghy Race #3?
Well...look...wow what a gorgeous day. Oooh. Aaah.
I will try to find a few more of Tillerman's bright spots one of these evenings!
4 comments:
Sunday looked like fine boat sailing conditions. Did you race on Saturday? It was blowing rather vigorously!
And yeah, heavy wetsuit/drysuit conditions are upon us.
Bonnie,
Being a sailor, you might be interested to know that maritime author, James L. Nelson, has started a blog (Red Over Red) that will probably focus on that activity. Here is a link in case you would like to check it out: http://jameslnelson.blogspot.com/
I met Jim once, and he is a very personable and enthusiastic spokesman for his craft.
Ol' P
Peconic Puffin, we raced on Sunday. Saturday I would've left it to the windsurfers - those gusts were way too high for me.
Sunday was absolutely gorgeous, as I said, we had some great racing, I'm just not as experienced as the rest of the sailors who were out that day - I can have a blast in 10-15 kts if it's steady; Sunday was very gusty & shifty & I still get a bit flummoxed in those conditions - not good enough to respond instinctively to rapid changes, I have to think everything through & then try to do what I've thought about & by the time I finish doing whatever it is the wind has shifted 3 more times & then I look around to see where the mark has gotten to and...aw, shoot, how the heck did I end up all the way over here???
Yeesh.
Ol' P, I don't know if I deserve the sobriquet of "sailor" these days. Still enjoy reading the adventures of people who are sailors though so I will take a look at Mr. Nelson's blog & add to my new blogrolls (whenever I get to those, I'm so bad at maintenance).
bonnie - I like reading about your Sunfish adventures. keep it up - it makes up for mine sitting in the garage ready to be put away for winter.
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