The Commodore's Cup is a weekend race; 3 races on Saturday, August 2nd, and 3 races on Sunday, August 3rd. The wind was a strong 18 knots out of the North. Our regular crew was not with us today and we had 3 inexperienced racers aboard. We started race 1 in waves 2 feet or less. Half way through the first race, one of the guys was hurling over the port rail. Not a good thing! We got concerned about him and opted out of the second race to bring him back to port. We made a quick headsail change and headed back out for the third race. Waves continued to build and were 4-6 feet for the start of the third race. We just made it back to the fleet in time for our sequence. We had 6 minutes to spare, so it we headed right to the starting box.
The crew from bow to stern; Jerry (a regular), Sheldon, George, Steve, me and Alun, the owner of the J/100.
Here we are on the way back to the fleet after dropping Steve off
Headed back to the fleet
This is the last downwind leg of the third race. A very comfortable point of sail after beating to windward
The crew from bow to stern; Jerry (a regular), Sheldon, George, Steve, me and Alun, the owner of the J/100.
Here we are on the way back to the fleet after dropping Steve off 
Headed back to the fleet
This is the last downwind leg of the third race. A very comfortable point of sail after beating to windward
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