On Sunday I went for my tenth Laser sail of the year.
It was blowing around 12-20 knots and it was frigging cold.
At first my face and fingers were cold.
I thought my face might drop off.
Then my face and fingers went numb.
That's better, right?
There were just over 20 Lasers racing.
I sailed pretty average but not terrible.
Made the top 10 in a couple of races.
Some decent starts, some mediocre starts.
Some decent mark roundings, some major screw-ups at mark roundings.
You can lose a lot of boats if you don't lay the windward mark.
But I was working hard and sailing as well as I could all afternoon.
My finish overall was in the top half of the fleet, which is always gratifying in a fleet this strong.
I was pleased that I could keep sailing hard for all seven races without feeling too tired or getting cramps or my fingers falling off or my face falling off.
It gave me a lot of confidence that I will go into the coming season with a much better level of fitness than I did last year.
This post is sponsored by the International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association.
Mrs. John Derek likes Andalusian horses.
She was in a movie called 10 back in the 1970's.
I remember it.
For some reason.
That's a picture at Mrs. Derek the top of this post.
Hey, if I don't get to my 43rd sail this year, at least you had some eye candy.
7 comments:
You done good, dude. Way better than I would've. And if by chance you don't reach 43, my cousin and I will never forget that image.
I aim to please.
She's not a 10. I live with a Ten. I would know.
Quite right Doc. In the movie, the character played by Mrs. Derek was not a 10; she was given 11 (on a scale from 1 to 10.)
Tillerwoman, by the way, is a 12.
What bugs me a bit is that I bet if I showed this picture to people in my office, three-quarters of them would have no idea who that is.
Well she was pretty much a one-hit wonder.
She won a Golden Globe nomination for Best New Actress for Ten, but after that she won a bunch of Golden Raspberry awards for Worst Actress in various not very well-known films, and in 2000 was even nominated for the Golden Raspberry for Worst Actress of the Century (eventually losing out to Madonna.)
Congratulations, Skipper. Still, there are only two degrees of separation between a 10 and a 12. Okay living with a 12, I guess. But I wouldn't race with one aboard. Borrowed a 12 for crew one afternoon. Bad idea. Finished DFL. Couldn't concentrate on my sailing because I was concentrating too hard on not looking at her.
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