lunch hook gone
PHRF start
Pre start
MH start
back to bed minus one anchor
Fun night! Five people on an 18 foot powerboat (thanks Patrick!) doing race committee. It went well. Well, sorta. We got three windshifts before the Warning so AP and Foxtrot were up quite while. Finally the WNW breeze settled nicely into the SSE and we set a course for 2 laps.
During the first manuever to up anchor and move the line, I pulled the rode and chain to the boat, remarking on how light the anchor was...well, of course it was, it was gone!
See photo and this is why I hate those anchor chains that have a plastic coating. The coating chafes away, water penetrates and then, with no ability to inspect due to the aforementioned plastic coating, your anchor says buh-bye.
We were able to borrow an anchor from one of the competitors and after that, things went swimmingly.