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Two Fish - Day one




At some point this post will be 12,500 nautical miles in our wake.  Right now we are close enough to St Lucia that VHF from the marina can still be heard.  We are cutting the tentacles to the familiar at a slow rate.  
We set up for the pin end of the start line and crossed in 4th.  However committee end was hugely favored and we were rolled by a big chunk of the boats while we switched from the Genoa to the screecher.  Black fish got us back in the game and we passed a few boats.  But the horror show rally folks had put a turning mark in Castries bay.  Which had winds of 6 knots and upwind.   Screecher down and Genoa back up.  More boat lengths gone.   Fun rounding at the mark as we came in on starboard and Paw Paw ducked us.  Chute went up in crushing style.  I rigged the sheet wrong 3 times.
Banana bread was broken into and the hydro gen is making amps and a relaxed humming noise.    The winds are light and a few of the boats have sparked up the engine.  One of our two sisterships is near by and the other coming from Martinique.

Gail is helming and the chute is pulling us west.  What could be better?  Dinner time and that is soon.   
Out for now.


Jason

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