Thursday, February 15, 2018

Elixir racing 2017

No Elixir posts for 2017 in 2017. We raced and cruised as per plan and then some, and then I sat down to blog a couple of times but without success.

We raced a few double-handed races and a couple of handfuls of buoy and bigger races for the first time ever with various crew, some very lucky to have met in 2017.

After CYCE summer race 2017


CYCE race spring 2017

After CYCE race 2017

Solar eclipse 2017 - total whiteout that day, we couldn't see the marina or the ferry 2000 feet away.  But we were safe close to the ship and in return added entertainment - we were the only other thing the hundred or so eclipse watchers on board could see besides the eclipse and fog.

Between races in the PSSC. Photo credit Richard McCullough, who sailed Elixir as a boy when it was called the Leading Edge.

After PSSC. Photo credit Laure Lacascade, wife of one of our crew. Taken from Golden Gardens beach.

June haulout, crossing the street to get to the yard. This was a bottom paint touchup, added more thru-hulls for drainage and more.

Photo credit Jan's Marine Photography.

Race to the Straits day 2. Photo credit Jan's Marine Photography.

Right after start of Foulweather Bluff. We'd just been crossed by someone in our division who had lost their momentum, and we lost most momentum avoiding them in a low wind start. Resetting sights here. Photo credit Jan's Marine Photography.
1 of 4 in Foulweather Bluff rounding. We are in front, double handing this race. Photo credit John Wolfe.
2 of 4 in Foulweather Bluff rounding. Photo credit John Wolfe.
3 of 4 in Foulweather Bluff rounding. Photo credit John Wolfe.

4 of 4 in Foulweather Bluff rounding. Photo credit John Wolfe.



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