Third, Second and Second!

Chicago has earned it's windy city name tag. Another day with 20 knots on the lake. We set off being towed out because the outboards were taken off the boats. And brand new sails put on. The breeze was building and we were very glad we were close to the weight limit. The starts were a bit odd to begin with but the race committee got the hang of it after one general recall for their mistake not ours and one start we are sure was a six minute sequence instead of five.

As the waves got up to three feet and more, rather large in a small boat, we sailed three races, the last one of only two legs instead of four as we had run out of time. And we scored a thrid and two seconds so we are in second place in our heat so far. Tomorrow we sail the second half of the heat with another three races. The wind is predicted to be simmilar and rain is expected. Just as well we brought our wet weather gear.

Onwards and upwards.

Here are a picture of the harbour before the wind started, and Julie, Karina and one of our excellent hosts, Kim, at the Bean in Millenium Park. Also a shot of the fountain with the faces of Chicago on it.