It was windy. Twenty, gusting to thirty. “Should we race?”, was the question. After a bunch of discussion and feet shuffling, the answer was yes. Apparently the previous week’s cancellation due to excessive wind had caused a pent up demand to get out on the water. The first race was a knuckle-biting affair in which none of the boats chose to fly their kites. It was two laps around a short course from out in the bay to the Y mark and back to the committee boat. The second race saw the wind drop to a more reasonable level. Owl had a man-overboard when one of the hiking straps parted and the crew member went over backwards into the bay. Good seamanship and quick thinking by the Owl crew resulted in a quick retrieval. The unfortunate swimmer, upon being hoisted back onto the boat was still game to continue and Owl finished the race. Falcon saw a rip in their jib, Corvo lost a batten, otherwise not too much carnage on a frisky evening of racing.
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