May 17 2008
The Stone Cup: Day One
Today was the first day of the Stone Cup, sponsored by the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. It was also the event of the IRC racing season.
Like no other place on the planet, the San Francisco weather opened up and unleashed some incredible winds. By the time the first race had started, the winds were hitting 18 knots and hour. During the second race, they blew 26 knots of steady wind with occasional puffs that were a little more.
We had a great time, but our game was a little off on the second race, although the boat owner thought we had placed third or fourth overall at the end of the day.
On the first race, I worked on the bow. On the second race, I worked at the mast. I know that personally, I could have raced better.
Tomorrow, we are all going to race better.