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[scrottie]

Na na... R didn't get to race today but I did. Got up at 6am (ouch), rode over the Antioch bridge, hopped Amtrak, showed up very early to monthly Open House day where Cal Sailing Club takes the general public on little sails, just one lap through the "south sailing basin" per people load, forgot that Sun morning was also a club race day, so hopped in a boat, traded off skipper, and did horribly. When to tack to make it just upwind of a windward mark has become badly uncalibrated. Then had about five boatloads of people, all one parent with kids except for a happy young couple. I'm definitely rusty. Then on Amtrak and over the bridge again. Other volunteers made burritos for lunch with roasted peppers and other goodies on the side, then chicken and veg tikka marsala for dinner with salad and a bunch of other goodies. Total time in transit was about 5.5 hours, 2 hours of that on the train. Best I've eaten in a while now. So, finally got to see those peeps, or a lot of them. Wind was good. The kids all enjoyed surfing down the waves on the last leg of the little tour, a downwind run back to the dock. After grinding on work for a few weeks here, I was probably a bit excessively excited to gab with human beings. Got some reading done on the train but coursework for this week is at 0% right now. Pooped (in the non-nautical sense).

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[rebeccmeister]

Sailing would have been a better choice for the rowers yesterday, too, based on the winds!

I did at least get a tasty beer at the end of the regatta.