Sailing on SRQ Bay....Priceless

Another of our updates on a fantastic day of racing on Sarasota Bay. Temps in the 70s and about 8 kts of breeze. Made for a great afternoon of tight racing. This week we had 10 boats racing. Once again things were tight at the top. We managed a 4th for the weekend, one point behind the 2nd and 3rd place boats. As I had mentioned in previous posts the finishes are often bang bang and this week was no different. We got nosed out by inches in the last race to get a 2nd. A first would have had all the tiebreakers for the day put us in 2nd for the day. We are still sometimes a little out of synch with sail trimming, mostly to do with, I think, getting the right combination of vang and mainsheet correct. When we do get the boat dialed in we are scary fast.
A great group of competitive sailors, a great bay to sail on. It just doesn't get any better.

Eightball on the move

Great day of racing yesterday for the intrepid Eightball crew. With very light fluky winds we managed a 2nd in the only race of the day. Definitely a day of playing the neverending shifts from start to finish. It was an interesting day of trying to balance catching Leprachan and at the same time holding off the rest of the fleet. Before the race we tweeked the tune of the rig a little. We enjoyed some of our best boat speed of the season. Next week the Cherry Pie regatta.
On another note, Had a fun visit w/ Geoff from Maine. Caught up on some news from the north land. If only he hadn't brought that cold wind and rain with him. As soon as he left we were back into beautiful sun and fun again. Go figure.