Eric:
Congratulations on your victory. F16s rule at Huntington Lake, at least yours does.
Steve and I had a great time at Huntington Lake. Sixteen cats from 16 to 20 feet in the open class. Smooth, cool, clean water, lots of tacking and gybing, beaching the boat to rest between races, what's not to like? Just that there were not more F16s there.
Wish the pelican striker to spin pole connection hadn't come undone during race 5 when it did. I think we were closing the gap on the the two non-spinnaker 5.8s, and just really getting it together on the Blade when that happened. Like Steve said, I was determined to finish that race. That couldn't have been done without Steve to take over the tiller while I went forward to jury rig the spin pole. Next time, a bit of rigging tape or some type of safety on a couple of those items prone to come loose...
John