Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:18 PM

Subject: Race Day part 2

Crew members, Ray in blue hat, Randal and Jon Kerner going over the route. 

Folks here still smoke! Bad!!

Actually a good hair day!  So cool.

Jon and Randal as they motor out of the marina over to the far side of the bay where the race would start.  The pink flag indicates what race they will be in.  Doesn’t the flag look a bit like the VA flag?  Though a comfortable place to sit and stay out of the way of the crew, Randal got a fairly bad burn on his thighs so he wore longer shorts and lots of sun screen today.

The crew.

A photo of the boat.

A parade of boats leaving the marina for the race starting point.

Just before the start they line up and try to be in the correct position when the starting gun goes off.  The small boat is just out there fishing.  It really is a good distance from the sailboats. 

I didn’t get a good shot of the big boys, the one’s with the rounded billowing sails.  One of them, Jelik will compete in the America’s Cup representing Hong Kong.  Many came here during the Hong Kong to Subic race which was won by a Philippine boat. 

It wasn’t so fun to watch because I wasn’t really close enough.  My 6x zoom and some cropping makes it look more exciting than standing on shore.  Randal came back starving and sunburnt.  The boat came in 6th of 8.  Hopefully all will improve as the races continue.