Now that I'm back home in Maryland, I'd like to say that this past weekend was very enjoyable. Thanks to everyone at the Gulfport Yacht Club for your hospitality, particularly Gordon, who hosted the registration party and "Double T" for arranging for Ed and I to get a hot shower before our 15-hour trip back home. It was a real treat for me to meet and compete with all the characters who routinely post on this site. We have a really interesting, diverse group of sailors in the F16 class, as well as the Acat class. I was surprised at the age spread of all the participants in both fleets. It appears that the catamaran community is an aging population. It was good to see some young teams there—only hope that we can continue to attract more.
For me, the sailing conditions were excellent. Saturday gave me an opportunity to sail 2-up with my friend Ed and gain some experience with this boat in heavy air. Need to work on technique to keep the boat upright going down wind—we flipped her in two different races in the same situation. Sunday gave us an opportunity to sail single—our original intent—in light air building to perfect conditions in the last race.
Congratulations to all the top finishers in both fleets. Does anyone know where we can find the final results of the F16 and Acat fleets? Ed and I were working all afternoon Sunday on getting our double-stack together for the trip back and missed the closing.
