August 22nd brought a trip to Bay City, Michigan to participate in the 2013 Great Lakes Multihull Championships. Friends Bob and Paul came along as crew. The first day of racing brought Force 5 winds coming right down Saginaw Bay. We were the littlest and slowest boat in the 16 boat fleet. The fleet was divided into two sections, we being in the first section with boats rating from 0, to us at 99. With the closest boat in our section having a 51 second rating advantage, we had no boats to sail directly against. It was a busy and tiring day, but we came up with two fifths and a sixth in 3 races. The second day was an 18 mile distance race in super light air. While we were the last boat to finish and were rather lonely out on the race course, when we made it back in to the dock, we discovered we took 3rd in section for the day. The last day of racing we're not going to talk about.... After 3 days of racing we ended up at 12 of 16 overall. Bob and Paul were super as crew! The Captain was worn out...
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| Crossing the Mackinac Bridge |
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| Jan Gougeon's (RIP) Cat "Strings" |
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| Bob, Paul and kimosabi At BCYC |
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| Strings after first day demasting... It was rough out there!! |
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| Friday Dinner at Gougeon Brothers |
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| Bob's light air technique |
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| Quite the the facility |
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| Friday Night |
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| Typical trailering adventures... |
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