Last Thursday evening, I had several crew race with me in our one Thursday night race. The wind was light and the start was poor because I didn't get any boat speed going on the close hauled tack to the start. The race is only 1.5 miles, so where you start is where you finished. But the race was exciting and fun. We starboard tacked one boat and they cut behind us as close as they could. We almost exchanged handshakes. We had to wait for a boat to tack so we could tack to the mark, which we just made - no extra sailing there. Then we finished neck and neck with two other boats.

Father's Day is a traditional sailing day, going back to when my daughter was very young. Now her daughters were on the boat. It was 55 degrees, 15 knots from the north with 3-5' waves. After the barbecue, the dense fog finally cleared in the afternoon and we went out (genoa only). I didn't see any other day sailors going out. The twins loved it. Esme was laughing the entire sail and no one could remember her being so happy for such an extended period of time.

So it is all about perspective - we had a fun race and a fun Father's Day sail.

The Solo Mac race (3 days) starts June 22. You can track the race here:
http://kws.kattack.com/WPlayer/WPosDisplay.aspx?FeedID=1806