St. Augustine YC Commodores Race

Well, we've been here for a week and have been living ashore at Jay and Pegg's house.  Of course we've done a little tweaking and all aboard, including Dan installing a salt water spigot at the sink for Bahamas conservation of fresh.  Today Jay signed us up to race in the SAYC Commodore's Race.  We didn't start all that well, as we were still on the way out when the gun went off, so we started last.  We ended up third overall, and we found out our corrected time at the trophy dinner this evening - - -we were still 3rd overall!   We ended up with 5 aboard.   Dan, Martha and Jay, of course, and two passengers who wanted to see what a race was like.  Both proved to be helpful and a pleasant addition.  It was a cruising class race, so we didn't have to worry about spinnakers (which we don't even have aboard!).  The course was a six mile triangle, with relatively inconsistent winds, but we had a great time, especially as we were able to pass several of the boats.  Another highlight of the week was getting to watch the Friday evening Endeavor shuttle launch from the fishing pier in Salt Run, here in St. Augustine.  Quite an impressive sight.  ~~~_/)~~~D&M

Endeavor lights up the sky as it lifts off

Quite a sight! Of course the pix don't do it justice, it was really dramatic seeing the glow in the sky and then seeing the glow of the ship all the way up and past the moon!

The crew of Brunelle with their trophy at the St. Augustine YC trophy dinner