More Racing

Dave has been on a roll this season with racing both in the cruising class and the Sunfish. Today he came in 3rd overall in his Sunfish again, but he would have placed even higher except for the final race. The first race he led the whole way (by a lot!) and finished first. In the 2nd race he finished 3rd. In the 3rd race he was 2nd until he tried to round the leeward mark just as an Abaco Dinghy was doing the same.

This pushed him way off course and the 3rd place competitor passed him by going close to the mark. By the time he finished, several others passed him too.

It was great to see two past commodores, Dave and Stafford, out sailing in close quarters during one of the races...

Our friend from home Jim Ryan did much better today too. He even flipped his Sunfish and got right back up and finished the race.

It was an interesting day on the water with 6 Abaco Dinghies, 4 Junior Sailors in Optis, and 13 Sunfish. I think it set a record for the number of boats on the course, along with quite a few spectators. Definitely a good time was had by all.