good to hear you toughed it out Ding. Didn't want you getting a bad rep for quitting. I presume you missed Bachelor Boy's field trip? He was looking for you around 22:00 hours...

We saw "all-ya'll" up in that section near St. Pete chasing dolphins while we were struggling smack dab in the middle of the sound/bay. Had we not found that first inkling of seabreeze (which gybed our spinnaker for us to wake us up), we'd probably have never made it. I expected you guys to get it first and come storming down over the top of us, but the only one who sailed by was Mike's F18 and then we caught it.

Gotta say figuring out that seabreeze is downright aggravating

I thought JC had done a horizon job on everyone until we saw him streaking toward Mullet Point with Fondrick on his tail

Nothing like going under the Skyway at 16:00 hours and thinking "yeah... 40 more miles upwind"

But, at least we were averaging 12 mph on the outside, which was a lot faster than the -2 mph in the bay...

Still, one of the prettiest sailing days and venues around.

Maybe something like DIYC around Egmont and back?

I wonder if BYC would do something like that? That way some of the monomarans might do it.