As Captain Ron famously said, "If its going to happen it will happen out there..." It was a beautiful nite on the water in almost perfect sailing conditions. We sailed a really good race tactically, and probably would have done a lot better if the spinnaker shackle had not opened on the hoist and almost fully up, dropping the chute in the drink. The recovery took painfully too long and took us way out into the cheap seats. We sailed a couple good legs getting back into the action, until we needed to do the first tack after the drop only to discover mid tack that the lazy sheet was jambed into the forward hatch during the spinnaker drop.
Like I said, "If its going to happen it will happen out there..." It was a beautiful nite on the water in almost perfect sailing conditions.
Back at the dock, I volunteered to go up the mast and retrieve the lost spinnaker halyard, No one dared ask, "How's the weather up there?"