Century Club: Mario Santana

Very excited about my oldest's first race on SG, the fresh breeze made for a great second time on the boat.  During the start sequence, though, about a minute before starting, the RC called off the race because of approaching t storms.  Lots of disappointed sailors, I'm glad I don't have to make those calls...

Very cool race concept for this Monday night races.  We needed a reef in before rounding the top mark, and the reef out before rounding the bottom mark. Two laps meant that we'd have to put in and shake out reefs while underway. 

Unfortunately a thunderstorm came a little too close, so the race got called off before my boat could round the top mark.  We did start out under full sail, so we practiced putting in a reef underway once, at least.

Racing!  So much fun watching people improve dramatically.  Not least myself, making questionable strategic choices and still improving my communications.  We didn't come last, though, and we had a ton of fun.

Beautiful morning on Specific Gravity.  We practiced maneuvers, especially setting, dousing, and gybing the kite.  G came along, helped out quite a bit, and got invited to come back for Wednesday nights.  He's pretty psyched! 

Also went to the school for SNR.  Light wind but we hoped it would rise.  No joy, races cancelled.  But we got out on the water which is a win in my book.