looking over the breakwater at the spinnakers of the boats that went the "wrong way," i.e. counterclockwise around the islands -- all the winning boats this year (including us) went clockwise

such a fabulous weekend of racing!

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my friend Eric's Wylie Wabbit, which turned out to be the winning monohull for our race (beaten only by a catamaran, so second overall) -- congratulations, Eric!!!

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dylan (a most excellent sailor at the ripe old age of 12) explaining something to chris, ruthie, & catherine... they're all so attentive!

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peter lyons (on the left) is our local photo-boater, getting out there in his motorboat to take excellent photos of every race on the bay -- here he's snapping pictures of us, heading left to right, and el gavilan, heading right to left -- sunday's pursuit race goes around alcatraz & angel island, but boats can choose which direction they want to take.

el gavilan is gordie's mom's boat, & was being driven by his brother chris -- so whichever way peter shot, he was photographing a Nash boat!

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looking back at the finish line behind us -- the race committee is the powerboat on the left, and so all those spinnakers need to pass between them & a smaller inflatable dinghy on the right...

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