Series Status

Nacira #10 just got launched, so the boat is now a Series boat. Great news for all the Nacira owners for this season and beyond.
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Speaking at CYC-Seattle Monday lunch

I will be speaking at the CYC-Seattle Monday lunch on September 27. Hope to see anyone there who missed my earlier talks or would like to hear me talk again.
It will be very interesting since one year prior I was in Madeira for the TransAt stopover getting ready for the 3100 nm second leg.

? 3rd Class 0, Cowichan Bay, Melges 24, 1st PHRF 2. Next up looks like the Double Dammed from Cascade Locks to The Dalles in the Columbia River Gorge.

? Hello all, has been a busy summer so far: Seattle NOOD, Melges 20, 4th. SFO NOOD, Melges 20, 1st. Whidbey Island Race Week on White Cloud, Cookson 12m,

What's next?

Right now I have a few very interesting things in the works for additional short handed racing. Hopefully by Whidbey Island Race Week I will have more info. Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Seattle and SFO NOOD regatta

Am just back from the San Francisco NOOD regatta, sailed on Joe William's Melges 20, Habit. We had 9 races over two days and had  a great regatta, winning 8 of the 9 races and having a third in the other. The conditions were typical San Francisco, medium in the morning and getting windier throughout the day.
I also sailed the Seattle NOOD with Joe on the 20, not quite as good of a regatta but before San Francisco we found some setup changes that were very effective and I think we are pretty happy with the results.

48 deg North Story and Corinthian YC

The April issue of 48 Degrees North (48north.com) has an interview of me by David Schmidt. Thank you David and 48 North Also I will be speaking at the Corinthian YC Monday lunch. The date is still being decided upon so I will keep you posted. In the interim I will be at the Monday lunch on April 19 to assist Kurt Hoehne in his talk about shorthanded sailing and racing.