The Ahlers

The SOCKS regatta was this last weekend. We didn't do terribly well, but we had fun. :) Actually, this same regatta last year was our first one in the Melges, and thinking back to how we sailed one year ago, it's impressive how far we've come. We're still one of the slowest boats in the fleet, but we're losing by much smaller margins. :)

Our friend Liesel was on the committee boat for the regatta and took a few pictures of us as we started and finished. The first picture was taken seconds before the start -- you can see two other boats in our fleet behind us, closer to the pin. It's not a perfect start for us, but it's pretty darn good -- we have clear air in front of us, and we have no one beneath us trying to push us over the line early.


This second picture I think was taken as we crossed the finish line in the final race on Sunday. The race committee was kind enough to give us downwind finishes for the last race of each day -- that allowed us to just keep flying the kite back to Shilshole Marina.

On Saturday back at the dock after racing, I ran into Matt Goyer, a guy I used to work with at MS. He and some friends were racing on a new J24 (new to the owner and the crew, at least). I realized that I haven't seen him in awhile -- maybe since I left MS last July -- but since I read his blogs, I feel like I'm totally caught up on what he's been doing. He said he found mine (which happens to be what you're reading right now), but I'm the first to admit I don't update mine too often... :)

Update: forgot to link to the results to show you how much we didn't do terribly well. :)