Thursday, August 27, 2015

Cat boat


Drakes Bay - Day 2

We saw two more whales!!!

Most photos courtesy of Nathan



Brian racing


Curious little fellows, probably fishing?


They were jumping all over the place



Not sure what they were after





Red Sky at the finish. We botched that one!


Elise back at the dock


With her battle flag


Mile Rock





 Doing my bit for boat speed



While Nathan is doing his bit



Finally some wind

Getting to the flood current


Drakes Bay Raft Up

Very nice raft-up in Drakes Bay!!


Calm night




Boats of all sizes joined up



RedSky was the center of our raft - and his anchor took most of the load...



Elise got an early dinner ready

 Nathan took pictures all the time!!

Getting ready for dinner






Morning!


And Tortuga baked warm banana bread and apple crumble!!! Delicious!!!


A sleepy Nathan




Getting ready to go for the day

Venison dinner with corn on Elise

Drakes Bay SSS Race - Day 1

Most photos courtesy of Nathan - some of Nat

Hydrating on the upwind leg





 There were thousands of birds at Drakes Bay













Disturbing the peace
















Entering the Bay


We stayed offshore to enjoy better winds but the extra distance proved to be so so good and we finished in the middle of the pack






Crazy!




Second time out of the gate post injury


We saw two whales!!!




We saw mama birds and baby birds everywhere

 Tight reach under spinnaker in really light air


A smiling Nathan


on our way to the finish