Finally made it back on to the boat two weeks running, and had a great time.
Wednesday, May 10 was our second race of the season, and we came in fourth out of eight, beating all the other boats in our start, but remaining behind past fleet champions in a Catalina 27 and two Johnson 18's. Long upwind to Sherwood forest and back, which gave us a chance to best our fleet on the upwind and use our spin, for the first time in competition, downwind. Did decently, though with practice should be able to get our angles better. With 3 of our 4 regular crew and a great pick-up crew member, we're getting better about handling the boat.
Wednesday, May 17 gave us lots and lots of experience on sail trim changes with 6 or 7 mark roundings, and two downwind legs. Our spin jibing got better as the night went on, and our upwind genoa handling continues to improve -- with better tacks each time. Still had 3 of our regular crew with one ringer, who helped us a lot. Beautiful night out with strong breeze throughout, including after the race was over and the sun went down.