Hal,

In case you didn't know, there's a couple great pictures of you guys up on Boatpix.com. Page 4.

:: It was VERY good racing. Not like home where you mess up
:: and so does everyone else. We raced with the Tarten 10s
:: so the starts where congested. If you didn't get clear
:: air, you suffered. The first race we got buried at the
:: start. The second race, we were over early. One race we
:: had to do penalty turns (6th). We missed a new wind
:: another race. We had a bad takedown one race and got
:: passed by 4 boats. In other words, you could not make a
:: mistake. The boat was fast upwind even with the BIG
:: chop. We flew the masthead every race. We went to the
:: fractional the first race because the wind shifted so
:: much it became a reach. We had a new #2 that helped get
:: through the chop when the wind cooperated. I feel the
:: masthead was worth the 6 second penalty, we didn't do
:: better because of other things (not the rating). Next
:: year we will be better! Not bad for a 20 year old boat
:: though.
:: ::
:: ::
:: :: Talisman finished fourth in the final race and ended up
:: :: fifth for the week with 33 points. The winner was a
:: :: B25,followed by a Tripp26, a J27, and an Andrews 26. The
:: :: racing was closer for Talisman than the final score
:: :: indicated as some of the finishes were only seconds
:: :: apart. Maybe Hal will give us a post mortem on the event
:: :: and how he fared with the masthead kite and whether he
:: :: used it in all the races, etc.