Hello all

No long stories from me (too tired!) .... (I followed the damn pied piper around for the 4th time)... The wise ones... (aka Jim Glanden decided to listen to Ryan Flanigan and sailed through the gate (to be sure) and then the finish... Ryan who is 12 was positive he was right.... DING DING DING!.. HORN.

Meanwhile... the John McGloughlin single handed on the blade and the real instigator was trying to snuff the chute before Chris B and myslef when he dumped it at the gate.... he then DRIFTED through the finish line on his side... Got a horn... did not believe it was for him... and did the 4th lap! the RC was confused!

Since everyone pre registered on line... and only TWO people got their sail number's wrong it only took about a half hour to sort out the snafu and blast through the results. The good news is that once you hit score... its done... just send it to the web. Love online registration and Sailwave!

Great Breeze on Saturday steady 18 with gusts to 22... that moderated to 12 or so. I have never raced against a 16 in flat water and big breeze... they don't know hte meaning of the word ... POINT.... they do know the meaning of VMG..... I had to work my butt off to stay in front of them....

Brilliant fall day on the bay... Lots of ducks, A couple of private yachts (3 masted bark?? and a vintage schooner getting ready for the great american schonner race down the bay were anchored off St Michales and they were very cool... The club's neighbor had his car collection out on the lawn. ... the coolest thing was the WW2 jeep with the 50 caliber gun... the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car Stutz Bearcat??? (no wings) was also cool... He owns about 50 classic race cars)