Thursday, July 30, 2026

Thunderstorms, no race so we practise the spinnaker

Winds were going to be light, so John and I switched to the 155, barely avoiding the light rain.

Thursday GNS was cancelled due to a storm cell.   

Since Pierre was not racing, Shawn was available.  John and Scarlett were my crew, so we motored out to BYC and flew the spinnaker twice in a south wind, with relative success.  The only problem was getting the sail wet.

I dried it out the next morning at the dock.







We returned to the club late and skipped supper.





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