Ahh the bareaways.....a stressful time in a skiff, especially once you've made it and your crew leave you out on the wing by yourself for a few seconds while hoisting.

A very cool perspective on how big the wing sail is on BMW Oracle. Of course the oracle boat doesn't go 300 knots or so like airplanes hence the difference in size of the wings, but still very impressive.

Absolutely amazing!!! The most advanced design in sailing history to date. It's in the same advancment category as the trapeze, assymetrical kite, full batten sails, and hydrofoils. It's 80% bigger than a 747 airplane wing!

Did the Great Pumpkin Pursuit race this last sunday. There were 200 boats racing. the rules are that the slowest boats start and than the fastest boats. Among the fastest were Adrenaline and Tuki. The course is you have to round angel island and Alcatraz. You can go either way, but on sunday there was absolutely no wind in between Tiburon and Angel so pretty much everyone went around Alcatraz first. There were a few boats that for some reason went the wrong way and never even came close to finishing. The coolest part of the race was coming downwind through Racoon Straits and the wind shutting off and having pretty close to 200 boats battling through a narrow channel.

Just found these shots on sailingscuttlebutt.com....I guess this happens when your mid guy decides to turn a 3 person boat into a 2 person boat without telling anyone. His trap line broke and fell off and this is what happened. I was wondering what it looked like outside of the boat. Its nice to see i'm improving my skydiving skills. As opposed to the flying fetus shot that is on the 2010 Dr.Crash calendar that just came out. You can also see coopers shadow on the jib!!!

Some more shots from the regatta

I know I promised a recap of the weeks event, but honestly after recovering and coaching my kids today it will have to wait until tomorrow, but here is the money shot preceding yesterdays blog photo. Who said 18's only leave the water downwind. Out of the top seven boats to hit this freighter wake we were the only ones that caught complete air and we came out clean.