Following the boats to the weather mark
Akela in the distance
Angel Island as a backdrop
Akela heading down wind by herself
The weather mark and offset mark
Heading for different sides downwind
Nicely making way on a light day
Getting their money's worth out of the spinnaker
The spinnaker trimmer working to keep the curl in check
Trimming from the windward rail
There are times when you don't want to look back
Moving through the water on a light breeze
Wicked nice
Racer X in front, Z behind, where's Y?
Good color for a reflection
Heading downwind, other fleets in the distance
I hate it when that happens
grrrr! who packed the chute?
Raising the chute behind the jib and main, just like the instruction manual says . . .
It's beautiful when it gets up there.
It's also nice when the twist finally works it self out
Heading for the bottom of the course
Waiting for the next fleet
Akela is so big, she seems to stradle the offset all by herself
Some one has a long way to go on the halyard
Halfway there!
Could have been closer . . .
Rubber bands getting sacrificed to the wind god . . .
One goes up, the other goes down . . .
Let's hear it for the foredeck crew!
The wake is starting to change
What Melges 32's look like next to a maxi
Thirteen sides of beef on the rail of a blue boat with shiney sails
Traffic of all kinds at the weather mark
Viva is looking over her shoulder as Vincilore is about to suck the wind from the sky
Time for Viva to jibe as Vincilore's foredeck drops one and raises another
Viva is heading for her own wind
Viva finds her own wind just in time
Red follows Viva
Samba Pa Ti setting her sails for a downwind dash
This is what happens when you aren't fast enough on the halyard
If this were video, you could hear the deck apes grunting
The mast man is jumping the spinnaker halyard, but not helping much
At least there is no pole to jibe as it all works out in the end
Meanwhile, stage right . . .
Three in a row
The chute is almost up
JIbe Ho!
This is what happens when you don't get the clew in front of the forestay during the jibe
That's a lot of sail cloth to get around the headstay . . .
Almost there, now the wind can do the rest
Heading for the Race in the morning - looking back at Skates aka Pizza Hut
The ruins of the Berkeley Pier
