Team Cape Fear holds their heads quite high after the fifth and final race of the BVI Spring Regatta. Skipper Tom, with first mate Rhett Hissam at his side, helmed the S/V Abbey to a decisive first place finish (...bullet, number one, ahead of everyone else, numero uno ...yes, not hard to tell we've already hit the refreshment tent) sealing our second place class finish. Not even the local team on Saga Boy could keep up with us today. Mr. Chill put us at the boat end at the start so close to the RC that we could smell the jerk chicken cooking down below. With a 20 degree starboard lift at the start we had the fleet pinned for the first 10 minutes of the race. Although there were some doubts as to our complete understand of the CSA (Caribbean Sailing Assoc.) rating system, our stopwatches toward the end of the race hinted that we'd somehow pleased the wind gods today.
At the post race debrief, we considered possible positive influences over the boat's performance. There was serious consideration given to Will Brown the human whisker pole, Mary's lucky coffee stained hat, Kim the boom girl, draining of the water in all tanks, the S/V Abbey's ability to scream downwind (even out of the Puerto Rican sandwich - you had to be there...), Tom's expectation of open (very open) channels of communication , or maybe it was just the mushroom tea over at the Bomba Shack... naaaa....
We're pretty pumped right now, and pretty into the refreshment... Best to all. And honestly, we'd recommend this event to anyone who's been down here. We've really had a blast...
Best Regards,
THOMAS E HISSAM
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