#cycrtm

race day; 114th cyc race to mackinac island, my 4th, and 4th w these awesome folks! making a plan after the skipper’s meeting, the trophy for the winner, driving up to belmont to provision the boat, and for the crew send off lunch; the costume tradition endures! thurston and his squirrels! a last look at land, before heading down to the start at monroe:); 072123…

race start and friday night; 114th cyc race to mackinac island; playing around waiting for the start, w the boat that actually was first to finish; sailing north and not feeling like we’d ever leave the city behind; the baha’i temple sunset; intrepid helmsmen; moon over wisconsin; 072123…

saturday, up the wisconsin shore; 114th cyc race to mackinac island; hugging the coast to get the breeze off the land, avoid the dying wind in the middle of the lake and position ourselves for the south westerly that was supposed to fill in sat night; lots of coming up for heat, diving down, easeeaseease, trimtrimtrim, repeat; nice to roll over a few, and not so nice to get rolled; night; 072223…

sunday of michigan coast; 114th cyc race to mackinac island; the brains behind the operation; passengers mean we need more wind, let’s try something different, eye spy, when you’re off watch you sleep, finally the first light, manitous ahead; skipper glamour shots;), 072323…

sunday night shifts; 114th cyc race to mackinac island; intermittent wind, it’s all about the angles, i’m diving down, heating up, big ease, trimtrimtrim, repeat; a little rain, faint sunsets and sunrises; 072323…

the home stretch and finish; 114th cyc race to mackinaw island, my 4th;) wind, no wind, creeping ahead, praying to the wind gods; yes, you can see the bottom in 30’ of water; the bridge and a bunch of happy folks; the lighthouse finish line; the finish, do i look finished?;) 7th in cruising 2 w 2:21:04:16, missed the boat we’d been pacing by 12+ min corrected;); 072423…

Crew of Evvai preparing for the big race.