Talk about crazy wind...
This Saturday we had our local marina bragging rights race - it's held once each spring and fall. Winners have to add 5 min to their handicap, cumulative for multiple wins, with a reverse handicap start. The course is always the same, out around some islands, up the lake and around an island there, then back the same way. Total of 7.5 nm. We experienced everything from dead calm to more than we wanted, seeing a range of 0.0 to 7.2 on the knotmeter. Our E-23 didn't win, but we took a third behind a Tartan 3000 and a C&C 30, and ahead of a Precision 28, Hunter 33, and Pearson 31, among others. We were the smallest and one of the slowest-rated boats (of 12) but even with our extra 5 min handicap for winning last year, the TigerEye made her owners proud.