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race day; 114th cyc race to mackinac island, my 4th, and 4th w these awesome folks! making a plan after the skipper’s meeting, the trophy for the winner, driving up to belmont to provision the boat, and for the crew send off lunch; the costume tradition endures! thurston and his squirrels! a last look at land, before heading down to the start at monroe:); 072123…

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race start and friday night; 114th cyc race to mackinac island; playing around waiting for the start, w the boat that actually was first to finish; sailing north and not feeling like we’d ever leave the city behind; the baha’i temple sunset; intrepid helmsmen; moon over wisconsin; 072123…

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saturday, up the wisconsin shore; 114th cyc race to mackinac island; hugging the coast to get the breeze off the land, avoid the dying wind in the middle of the lake and position ourselves for the south westerly that was supposed to fill in sat night; lots of coming up for heat, diving down, easeeaseease, trimtrimtrim, repeat; nice to roll over a few, and not so nice to get rolled; night; 072223…

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sunday of michigan coast; 114th cyc race to mackinac island; the brains behind the operation; passengers mean we need more wind, let’s try something different, eye spy, when you’re off watch you sleep, finally the first light, manitous ahead; skipper glamour shots;), 072323…

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sunday night shifts; 114th cyc race to mackinac island; intermittent wind, it’s all about the angles, i’m diving down, heating up, big ease, trimtrimtrim, repeat; a little rain, faint sunsets and sunrises; 072323…

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the home stretch and finish; 114th cyc race to mackinaw island, my 4th;) wind, no wind, creeping ahead, praying to the wind gods; yes, you can see the bottom in 30’ of water; the bridge and a bunch of happy folks; the lighthouse finish line; the finish, do i look finished?;) 7th in cruising 2 w 2:21:04:16, missed the boat we’d been pacing by 12+ min corrected;); 072423…

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first day back on land; 114th cyc race to mackinac island, my 4th;) the harbors, we usually get the front row, but were c docked this time, which turned out fantastic; crew welcome dinner; home sweet home for another two nights; 072523…

post party dinner; 114th cyc race to mackinaw island, my 4th:) fun time w the extended families and my shift mate, it’s been fun watching some of these kids grow up around the race; 072523…

last night on the island; 114th cyc race to mackinaw island, my 4th:) a last visit to the pony w crew and family, some dock c neighbors; 072523…

july 4 distance race on s2 7.9 wildcat; lake canyon yacht club, canyon lake, tx; almost didn’t sail due to no wind, but went out anyway and we won 1st in spin class; great day and missing our skipper chuck; 070223…

practice and safety check for the mac, on hunter legend 40.5 endless summer; a little bouncy, but great to be back on board; 062523…

sailing world regatta series, fka the chicago noods, on t10 glider; chicago, il; day 2 and 3, day 3 cancelled due to high winds and waves; total score after 6 races 9th of 18; oh well, still a great time sailing w the crew! 061123…

sailing world regatta series, fka the chicago noods; on t10 glider; chicago, il; day 2, did 19ufd-5-9, u flag start in first race took a 5th to last; 061023…