Saturday rafting at Historic Seaport.
Almost all the boats bought a flag.
WET PAINT downwind practice before Monday's start
PAINT jibing (notice overhauling on the lazy sheet).
ZUNI always checking the wind before the starts.
MACK DADDY still in prestart.
ECLIPSE, two minutes to go.
Pin boat, 45 seconds to first start (notice the sky and water). Midline boat barely visible here.
At the gun it was ZUNI the leftmmost and PAINT to weather. Midline boat is obscured, but only two boats went to leeward of it. CHARSAR already tacked to port between.
PAINT ready to tack (note using cabintop winches).
ECLIPSE crossing PAINT. Boom just off centerline.
ECLIPSE was top boat with "five aboard". Even in these conditions, sails seem slightly twisted.
Avoiding "hobby horsing" in the chop was a challenge.
Robert Baker's end-of-week finishes have improved from 18 to 12 to 9 in three years.
CHARSAR has four hiking and mainsail trimmer next to helmsman.
BLUE MAX has crew spread out.
RUM AT SIX moves the mainsheet trimmer up in the cockpit.
MASQUERADE would like to see more whitecaps.
ZUNI BEAR was first to the weather mark in Race #1. This is their hoist at the offset.
Closely followed by the Canadians on PLANET B.
RUM AT SIX was third. Notice kite all the way up before reaching the offset!
MASQUERADE fourth. This was the most overcast day all week.
Followed by CHARSAR.
And DEAD ON ARRIVAL and MAX POWER.
The leaders on the second leg. This is a "sky photo."
HOT WATER (right), SAVASANA (left), PUFFIN (center)
PUFFIN still hoisting.
GIGI, then GUMPTION
NO FACE 2 FACE and WET LEOPARD (stilll five to coming).
A little more ease on the kite LEOPARD.
ADDICTION approaching the first leeward mark.
GHOST homes in on the mark.
KINCSEM's takedown with kite already under control.