First, First, First, Second

Wow, it has been awhile since I lasted posted - has been a lot going on both travel and the start of a new business venture.

On Sunday, June20th we raced in the second race of the Summer Series hosted by Shoreline Yacht Club. Thanks to the crew of Larry Littrell, Lesley MacDonald, Liz Roberts, Victoria Hodge, Dave Lyon and of course my darling co-captain Risa K Scott. We took a first in that race after taking a third the week before.

The following Sunday, Jim Merk skippered Mille in the third race of the Summer Series as both Risa and I were out of town. Congrats to Jim and his crew on another win for Mille in that Series.

On Wednesday, June 30th, Risa skippered Mille in a Cuba Cup race hosted by Pacific Sailing. Congrats to her all female crew of Lisa Anderson, Lesley MacDonald, Shannon Saunders and Liz Roberts. The "Sea Chix" as I believe they wanted to be called went out and kicked the guys butts and took the win over three other boats skippered by their male competitors.

Finally on Saturday, July 3rd Risa skippered Mille in the fourth race of the Summer Series and took a second. I was working the race committee for that race and so I watched their start from the committee boat and their finish from the deck of Shoreline Yacht Club. Congrats to her crew of David Harper, Lesley MacDonald, Jim, Victoria Hodge, Liz Roberts and Dave Lyon. The race started with a nice breeze of slightly less than 10 knots coming almost directly out of the south. Due to the wind direction we sent the spinnaker class down towards the south end of Long Beach Harbor and around the breakwater on the Alamitos Bay end. The wind started to veer to the west and so what was supposed to be a run to Queens Gate became a reach instead. After entering through Queens Gate, they popped the chute for a spinnaker run to a mark near the beach between Belmont Pier and the Alamitos Bay jetty. The final leg was a beat back to the finish line near Island Grissam.

Next weekend we have two races. On Saturday, Mille is racing in the Queen Mary Regatta hosted by Shoreline Yacht Club. This race starts off King Harbor in Redondo Beach and finishes in Long Beach off the stern of the ......... (drum roll!!!) ...... (you guessed it) The Queen Mary. On Sunday Mille is racing in the fifth race of the Summer Series also hosted by Shoreline Yacht Club.