This was only after I had crashed and burned four times on Saturday to have torn the foot of my main and had broken three battens in the 15 knot beam reach and 4-6' stern quartering seas on Saturday. My crew (who had never been on a sailboat before) was toast and I was pissed at my inability to maintain "pointy side up" long enough to finish.

While racing for the lead against that 21 and an H20 in the conditions on Saturday while playing "Flight of the Valkerie" in my mind was the high-lite, that was a great run in the puffy conditions on the G-force on Sunday! I've never seen a boat that was more comfy with three on board! (heck even with 6 it would be comfy!)


Jake Kohl