SO. I started this blog to log some of the sailing bits and I've certainly let it go. Lately I've been up to a lot of lake racing on
. This post is going to be about what we've been up to lately on Blue Flash - so I'm going to "we's" instead of "me's."
The last few weeks have been pretty light as far as the wind goes...yikes, right?
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The wind actually got so light, you can see the glassy reflection around us. Also timing is everything - I promise Ron wasn't sleeping mid race - but also I couldn't not share this pic!
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It was a real struggle keeping the spinnaker (or chute - short for parachute) full. Here Jim is trimming the spin unassisted, without a winch or grinder. On a different day from the picture above. Two weeks in a row the winds were this light...
This next upcoming week we're on Race Committee Duty - so stay tuned for that :)
And fingers crossed the winds pick up over the next week and a half.
Cheers.