Sunday, October 4, 2026

Frostbite Norm, Scarlett and Maud.


The crew met at 8:45 and set sail to the Frostbite race. We tried to raise the main, but one sail tie was still attached, tightly knotted to a reef point.  Took a bit of effort to untie it as we sailed between Dorval and Dorval Island.  Once we released it, we tacked and motor-sailed to the race area.

Norm helmed the first two races, and we beat Slow Dancer in the second race. Maud helmed the third race, which was shortened to one loop.

We sailed back to the club with some brew, and I did an oil change after 67 hours since the last one.






 






I also tried to rig the boom kicker to keep it from falling out again.




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