Moving on to LA

I arrived in LA and was picked up by an old school mate of mine Ethan. We caught up over a quisedila in a little Mexican restaurant then headed for the Long beach yacht club. We had a training session planned with Scott Dickson.

Ethan was going to come out on the water and be our 6Th man and also take some footage of us sailing the boats. (credit goes to him for the images below.) We had a great session and were out on the water until the sun left us behind.

Ethan and i helped pack up then headed for the club house to meet Barbara and Jack (some family friends dinner. I Barb and Jack 2 years ago when i did the congressional cup and they have kindly offered to host me again during the regatta. And if you look at the image below have kindly lent me their mini which just happens to be my dream car, colour and all.

This is a pick of my wheels in LA kindly donated by Barb and Jack. (Thanks a million guys)
Practice day panama jack racing team chucks in a couple of tacks. the blond boy is our All American ring in Max Mooseman (great American name)
Great shot of the spinnaker up and set. Note how we matched our uniforms with the sails for this regatta (every little detail helps to win a race.)
Dave utilises his guns (aka muscles) to keep the big kite set "sheet on the womper!!")




Here is a good little video of a top mark rounding.

The regatta (the Ficker cup starts on Friday and finishes Sunday don't let the time difference let you miss the results.)
http://www.lbyc.org/html/content.cfm?CID=15004