Nate at the helm after the race
A great, warm day for the SMSA Fall Invitational. I brought my friend Nate on the boat for his first sailing race, and he learned to trim main. We got off a decent start, and fought in light conditions to make consistent progress and stay in an advantageous place on the course to maximize breeze. Nate had his work cut out for him, constantly tweaking the main to keep us in the groove. There was a ripping current at the windward mark, and it took us a couple swings to make the rounding. We executed a fast, flawless set, and sailed a straightforward downwind leg to a mid-pack finish. It was a perfect, sunny day on the water and we all enjoyed ourselves. Afterwards SMSA hosted their annual Chili Cookoff, where our team was also well represented by Randy for a 4th place finish.