Sep10
Last Tuesday of 2008
Another perfect night and another great season of Tuesday night racing. It’s been a mixed season for Juju. The boat and equipment is now in good shape and we’ve come a long way in our boat handling and understanding of strategy, but we had a hard time getting consistent crew out on Tuesdays and our efforts suffered for that. We do have some good new committed crew now and going into next season we should be in good shape.
We also tried out a new look last night with Brian at the helm and me calling tactics and working the bow. It was good to be able to look around a bit, get my head outside of the boat and think a bit more about strategy. It was especially good at the start to be able to look around and concentrate on things other than driving.
For his part Brian is an excellent driver and also is naturally bossy 
which makes him an excellent helm! Weston took a turn at trimming and did a fine job, and Bob at the mast is a natural at communicating puffs and checking out other boats, and keeping everyone informed on our relative performance. So the future is bright. I for one can’t wait for next season.
Thanks to Michael Johnson (Hot Pursuit) for the fine picture of Juju taken from the committee boat last night before the first race.
