Sailing on th Monterey Bay

It has been a good weekend and I have had a great time down in Santa Cruz racing sailboats. I have been sailing competitively for about 1 year and have been sailing on a Santa Cruz 27 called Mistress Quickly. Above is a picture of our fiercest competitor during the winter series and her name is Sumo. There was not much wind on Sat., but we were able to finish and keep us in second place for the series.

Here is a picture of us heading for the harbor "bar" and our captain always seems to go faster when the course is set for home (while he whispers more Scotch, more scotch, more scotch.)


Below we have a picture of our fearless crew minus one who was on vacation. From left to right we have Steve, Larry at the tiller, and Eric. All of them are fun to sail with when all is good, but when it is not going well you had better cover your ears because you may hear some word that are not fit for church.

I was woken up this Sun. with a call from Steve and was offered a ride on a Medges 24 and was able to oblige. We raced two races and did not do well. We were competing against three team Pegasus boats. For those of you who do not know, team Pegasus is owned by a billionaire in Santa Cruz. He hires world class sailors to crew for him, his son, and race in general. They are very good and have nothing to do but sail, eat, and sleep. What a life. Below is a picture of the Melges I sailed on.


All excuses aside and the fact that we had old sails and a rookie crew we did come in last, but had a lot of fun. Below is a picture of Go Dogs Go and is another professional that we raced against and lost to. At the end of the day all boats are hoised out as seen below and dry docked because there is no room in the slips for all of the boats.