This week, I was on M4 with
Skipper Steve Skinner. It was just the two of us with Steve at the helm and on the main and myself on the jib sheets. The weather was warm, sunny, and breezy (maybe 12 kts in the channel), and I thought we'd have a nice, calm race on a warm summer evening.We 
got off to a great start... until Kerry suddenly appeared on our starboard side and yelled out "Starboard"! We had to duck down to avoid a collision, and Steve ended up doing a 360, which made us very late over the starting line. Arrrrrggggg, Kerry!!!
got off to a great start... until Kerry suddenly appeared on our starboard side and yelled out "Starboard"! We had to duck down to avoid a collision, and Steve ended up doing a 360, which made us very late over the starting line. Arrrrrggggg, Kerry!!!So we brought up the rear all the way up the channel. As we got closer to 
the bay, the wind got stronger and stronger, and by the time we were on our way toward race marker S, our target, we 
realized that we probably should have reefed back in the channel. As we neared the middle of the bay, the waves got bigger and closer together, and the wind got stronger. Steve had all he could do to keep us moving through the waves. We were way too light for those conditions, especially 
without a reef.
the bay, the wind got stronger and stronger, and by the time we were on our way toward race marker S, our target, we 
realized that we probably should have reefed back in the channel. As we neared the middle of the bay, the waves got bigger and closer together, and the wind got stronger. Steve had all he could do to keep us moving through the waves. We were way too light for those conditions, especially 
without a reef.So at some point, probably half way between 3 and S, we decided to head back. We were in last place by a long way, overpowered, and not able to get up enough speed to make good progress through the big waves. It was the right thing to do. The up side was that I could take pictures of the fleet as they returned, and Steve could go home early 
and make points with his wife! So back to the dock we went, which was a pretty nice downwind sail after we got out of the big waves.
and make points with his wife! So back to the dock we went, which was a pretty nice downwind sail after we got out of the big waves.So I have lots more pictures this week, which you can see on my Picasa web album. And I have the race results for you:
| Place | Boat | Skipper |
| 1 | M6 | Ron Wilson |
| 2 | M1 | Nico |
| 3 | M7 | Hans |
| 4 | M5 | Kerry |
| 5 | M3 | Viola |
| 6 | M2 | Jeff |
| X | M4 | Steve Skinner (abandoned) |
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In the Santana race, once again I was on Dave G's boat (along w/ Lisa), and we came in second out of 2 Santanas (I'm not sure how many Santanas were racing). The winning boat was skippered by Brett and Kimmy. Again (as happened last week), the winning boat had the big jib (the one with the furling jib). Dave G said he is going to talk to Mike about only having the Santanas with the small jibs competing in the races, to be more fair. I completely agree -- all the racing Santanas should have the same size sails.
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