J24 Blog

No wind tonight, but it’s 80+ degrees in September in Seattle, so by State Law we had to take the boat out, drift around, and drink beer.

That wraps up our season of Tuesday night racing for the year. I feel like we improved a great deal this year, more than our standings in the rankings reflect. The balance of “is it the sailors or the boat” continued to shift as our tactics and handling skills improved over the season.

I’ll write up a detailed schedule of the boat optimization plans we have for the off season, but in short we’re going to fill the various thru-hulls and defunct electronics that we’ve been uselessly dragging through the water this season, and sand and re-coat the bottom.

We’ll probably have the boat out of the lake for a month or two, then put it back in for some wintertime camping and cruising adventures. A weekend circumnavigation of Vashon Island is already in the works for Columbus Day…