Saturday, July 21st at Petite Calivigny Bay, Grenada
The Phare Bleu yacht club hosted a day of Hobie Cat races at the marina. Although Pete had never been on a Hobie Cat before, he signed up to race. After all, he races monohulls and he sails a catamaran — no problem, right?
Actually, he did fine: he kept the sail-side up and the hull-side down, he didn’t hit anything, he finished the course, and he let the 14-year-old win. The second race was more exciting. Pete spent part of the race in the lead, although in the end, the local guy won.
Two nice by-products of Pete’s day racing:
- He got invited to race on Dieter’s boat (a Swan) for the Carriacou regatta on August 3rd and 4th.
- He got some racing out of his system. Gayle is adamant that Pete is not allowed “to race the house”, i.e. On Delay.
Love it – Pete is not allowed “to race the house” – nice one Gayle 🙂
Funny 🙂
Ok Pete, we gotta change that! Let’s be the fastest house on the race course!! 🙂
We have a special boat option for you. Jane says you can race the dinghy…it planes, you know.
Awesome. Nice pics. And Gayle’s comment made me LOL. 😉
Miss u guys.
No racing the house, besides, Pete says the house is too heavy which is why he will be racing on a Swan 53 with brand new carbon sails in the 2012 Carricou Regatta next week. Go Pete!
What a great post and love that Pete wore his China Cup gear!