July!

July 4th! Brrrrrrr! I remember the 4th of July being super cold and rainy... It did clear up for a sail on the night of the 4th... and the fireworks started at about 8:40pm - it was still light! come on Chicago... world class city that spends millions to light fireworks in the daylight... crazy. It was still a good sail. Throughout July, we are getting more and more comfortable and experimenting with the boat. I think we got our first first and some seconds on Wednesday night races. Yay! Rum for the islanders!

Also significant this month was Judi's "last" Mac race on Maskwa! Her 10th and "final" unless we can talk Tom into doing a cruising Mac... (Insert Tom rolling his eyes here.) It turned out to be a slow Mac.. I don't know what the problem was - Nicole and I had plenty of wind on our drive up to the island... look at all that blowing wind!!



Here is Maskwa's finish and the unveiling of Manny's "Goat" cap...