I raced on the Quest 33 at the Big Daddy regatta out of Richmond YC at the weekend. It was a shock to the system as the temperature was a ‘touch’ lower than St Maarten!

We had three inshore windward leewards on the saturday and a pursuit race on the sunday. The Quest 33 is a hard boat to sail inshore as it really isn’t set up for 1 mile windward leewards. We had a new crew onboard who was learning the ropes and did a good job of it. We also had Rob who is living in Idaho who was very excited about not being in the frozen tundra for the weekend. The results were mid fleet and we only blew up a clutch. The wind steadily rose to the low 20s and we were down to the number 3 by the end of the day.

I always enjoy the pursuit races the most. The course is RYC alcatraz, angel back to RYC in either direction. We went the opposite way to 80% of the fleet. There was a lift on the way to alcatraz and although we got passed by a few of the big boats coming from the other direction in the last 1/2 mile I think it was the right way to go for sure.

I rushed off after racing on Sunday to go and look in on a boat that had a large collision on Saturday and needs to be put back together for this coming weekend. It never stops in my business!