Apparently, selling the 5-0 affected me more than I thought. It’s a bummer to be the guy who sells a boat because you are just not using it. Screw “hard to rig”, the boat was a blast. My favorite 505 moments:
- Nailing our first wire-to-wire tack in San Pablo bay. Like big wall climbing on El Cap, it’s a “who the hell is this guy I am” moment.
- Hoisting the ratty old kite on 5567 (“Tall Mad”) for the first time and grinning ’til it shredded. Which wasn’t that long.
- Passing $150K J/Boats west of Alcatraz in 18kts with the full abdominal stretch-out in effect off the wire. Don’t forget to wave.
- Paddling a swamped 5567 back into SFYC through Racoon Straits by moonlight after being out for far too long in a maintenance-deferred high-performance dinghy.
- Waving off would-be rescuers in 7886 (thanks, though) on our way to our 3-crash practice limit