Friday came with a forecast of rain. It did rain during the 2nd race, but then the skies lightened for the 3rd and a 4th race was started. That's when it poured. Good wind all day.
Jeff Earl of Beverly, Massachusetts took Usual Suspect to finsh 24th. He was very sportsmanlike after the collision on day one when we damaged his port stanchions.
Juan Mauri of Ft. Worth, Texas took first in the last race to finish 7th overall.
Tim Rathbun from Joliet, Illinois was 33rd in Mobile Home .
Britt Drake of Panama City, Florida took 18th in the 6th race. This is the downwind leg of race 4.
The second day of racing of the J/24 MidWinters 2006. Before the first race, short break, before the start of race 2, and a spinnaker run with Tampa in the background. You need the Flash plugin to see the video, click the play button to see the video, 3.2 MB.
This video was taken with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ2. A $200 camera designed mainly for still photography, it will take a 30 minute video with sound if you have the 1 Gig memory card.
Dave Curtis from Marblehead, Massachusetss in Hot Chocolate took 2nd in the 8th race and finished 13th overall. Here in race 4 he threads he way upwind through a crowd of spinnakers.
The clouds came in as we prepared for the start of race 5. It rained some and we had good wind, but cleared for race 6.
Anthony Kotoun of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands sailed Bamba Charger to win the J/24 MidWinters. Two 1sts, two 2nds and two 3rds put him 27 points ahead of second place with only 30 points after 9 races.
Paul Adam of Beverly, Massachusetts flew Irie to 8th overall. Paul was very consistent, always in the top 20.
Skip Hope from Edenton, North Carolina in Thin Ice .
Jason Decker of Jacksonville Florida sailed Rush to 26th overall.