After an awesome sail on New Years Day, I was looking forward to the first Sunday Race of 2011 with Pat and crew on Rebel Rose. The conditions were awesome for a good race, much like the previous day's winds but overcast and maybe a little lighter in the wind gust department. Never the less, we had a great start and were climbing to the first mark. We stayed ahead of the pack and round the mark just behind a competitor who had finally caught up at the mark. As we were sailing toward the second mark we noticed a Laser that was dis masted and just bobbing along. We decided to ditch the race and offer this guy a tow back to the club. After packing in the sails and throwing him a tow line, we began the long motor back to the club.
Because of our actions we did not finish the race but because of the tow and helping a stranded competitor, we earned ourselves a 2nd place for this race. Too bad we didn't finish the race, it would have been fun. At least we helped someone out and if they say karma is a bitch, maybe we earned some browny points.
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