Steve signed up for RC today so he left me in charge of running the Barba Roja in tonight's fun race. The race format is a sprint to a pre-determined mark, and once the first boat rounds everyone turns around and races back to the finish, making for an "out" winner and a "back" winner. No classes, a single start for the fleet. Since I knew there was no chance of us going toe-to-toe with a pair of Melges 32's and a custom ocean racing yacht, I opted to go for "back" honors. We set a spinnaker for a fashionably late downwind start, and planned an early douse to give us time to head back as soon as possible. No luck on "back" honors, but the crew worked well together, we sailed the boat fast, and our RC got some epic photos of the 17-boat fleet sailing into the sunset and the Solomons bridge under spinnakers. A great fun race and a nice change of pace to break up the season.
The out 'n' back fleet