Just back from sailing as foredeck at the 2009 j/30 North American championships in Westport Connecticut. For the second year in a row, we took 1st in the championship. This year we sailed the 5 race series in varied (mostly light) conditions to a (2), 1, 1, 2, 1 record. Which makes us 2-time North American champions, apparently…
We also won the best amatuer crew trophy, which is always a nice addition when there are pros on the course in other boats.
Of course the credit goes to Bengt, the owner-driver who prepped the boat (holy cow untouchable upwind speed), got the crew together (6-out-of-7 owner/skippers aboard), and drove a flawless race (4-for-5 nailing the starts).
What a great crew.
Everyone here is talking about shrinkwrapping their boats for the winter—making me very happy about our 12 month California sailing calendar!