I arrived early and tuned the mast. I moved BELLUM to the service dock for a pump-out and to the shear legs to clean the masthead jewelry for the AVQA. I found the baby stay was about to fall off the mast, which I had decommissioned for the single-handed race, so I reinstalled it.
The crew arrived a little early but not early enough to help.
At 5:30, the crew of BELLUM boldly went out into what might have been a squall. It was forecast to pass us, but a large rolling cloud in the Northwest indicated a Lake St. Louis Squall.
The day was nice, so nobody expected bad weather. But earlier in the week, it was very unstable.
We all donned BELLUM-supplied foul weather gear, and by the time the race started, the weather was nice.
Good race.
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