Here is some wind information from a weather buoy in the area.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?station=mlrf1&meas=wdpr&uom=E

Pretty daunting wind there. I looked at the forecast and decided that 25 knots was too much for me out on the ocean side. It just wasn't worth tearing things up for a race that probably was going not going to be much fun.

I got out on a big power boat on Saturday and snapped some pictures. It was quite a beating we took on the powerboat. I'll try to get the pictures posted in the next few days. That shot of the H16 was pretty lucky. Nice of him to provide me with such a good photo op.

Even without sailing it was still a lot of fun seeing everyone down there again. Unfortunate about 2 broken masts in one event. We got out on Saturday and chased some of the competitors around. We are now looking forward to tradewinds.

Mike Hill
www.stlouiscats.com