Over the weekend, Alice (aka Mrs T) and I took part in the second part of the two-race Women At The Helm series at Raritan Yacht Club. The rule is a woman drives and the rest of the crew can be a mix of men and women.
We raced in non-spinnaker. We did the first race in July on a whim and won handily against the one other boat. Alice drove a good race crewed by a sailing buddy, David (who also coached Alice well) and yours truly.
Yesterday, although there was another boat entered in non-spinnaker, they started with the wrong fleet and were DSQ'd. We were the only boat to start, race and finish in non-spinnaker. In the words of Woody Allen
"Eighty percent of success is showing up"
It's unconfirmed, but I believe that Mrs T is the RYC Non-spinnaker Women At The Helm Champion. Given my own racing performance, it's good someone in our family is doing well on the race course.
Haha, go Mrs T.
Undefeated in two years! Bravo A Turinas.
My wife’s record as an undefeated racing crew (with several different helmsmen) for almost 30 years was, alas, broken last year at Bitter End Yacht Club.
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