Antigua Sailing Week - Day 2, 2013-04-29

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The team aboard committee boat “A̶\1; had worked out the initial kinks and today things worked quite smoothly aboard, despite some difficult finishes. I was at the flags again so there are no start pictures, but I did work the finish line and have most of the boats doing at least one if not both finishes. The pictures are in alphabetical order by boat name and then in chronological order for each yacht.

We've just moored and are getting a feel for the water and winds of the day. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Using a length of (spanish) cassette deck tape on a stick, furnished by Steve, we are measuring the wind direction. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	James, Steve, Jane, Alfred and Hans watching the waters next to our boat for playing dolphins. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	A small school of dolphins jumping around while we are setting up for the first day of the races. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Dolphins at the race start [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
The Committee pin powerboat is waiting for us to decide where to lay then anchor chain for the start buoy. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	We are measuring the wind direction over time to ensure that the start line is laid out as perpendicular as possible to the winds. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Tow of the competitors putting their boats through their paces in preparation for the day's races. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Clear skies, steady tradewinds and a comfortable swell mark the conditions on the second race day. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Ambersail warming up [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Arethusa warming up [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Arethusa coming to the finish line [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Arethusa finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Arethusa completing the race [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Arethusa racers after the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Arethusa acknowledging the finish [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Arethusa [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Spirit of Athena finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Spirit of Athena after the line [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Auliana about to finish the day's first race [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Auliana approaching the finish line on the day's second race. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Auliana finishin race 2 on day 2 [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Bristolean coming to the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Bristolean at the finish line [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Bristolean after finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Bristolean after completing the race on day 2 [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Happy crew after crossing the line [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Cacchia alla Volpe finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Caipirinha coming to the finish line [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Caipirinha about to finish [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Coyote finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Coyote coming in close to the committee boat a [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Coyote completing the race on day 2 [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Coyote on the line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Cuba Libre coming to the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Cuba Libre [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Cuba Libre [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Digicell Challenger coming to the finish line [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Digicell Challenger just past the line [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	A helicopter catching Digicell Challenger finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Digicell Challenger finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	El Ocaso finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	El Ocaso fighting to the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	El Ocaso just before finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	El Ocaso finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
High Tension coming to the finish line [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	High Tension [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	High Tension, they look beat but happy to have finished. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	High Tension [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	High Tension looks like a wet boat. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Hip Hop coming to the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Hip Hop finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Jaguar passing the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Jaguar just after finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Kick 'em Jenny warming up for the day's races [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Kick 'em Jenny [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Kuankun coming up to the finish [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Kuankun close to the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Kuankun close to the finish [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Kuankun about to cross the line between the committee boat and the yellow marker. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Lancelot II [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Lancelot II coming up to the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Lancelot II [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Locura finishing. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Locura [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Locura [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Locura right at the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Locura [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Locura after completing the races. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Locura [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Locura [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Maximizer at the finish [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Maximizer [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Maximizer finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Milanto coming up to the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Milanto at the finish [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Milanto [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Spirit of Neptune approching the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Spirit of Neptune crossing the line between the yellow buoy and the committee boat flag to finish the race. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Spirit of Neptune [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Spirit of Neptune [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Spirit of Neptune [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Spirit of Nereus crossing the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Nix coming to the finish line for the day's first race. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Nix completed the morning race. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Nix coming to the finishin line in race 2 of day 2 [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Nix [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Nix [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Northern Child finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Northern Child after passing the line and hearing the finish whistle from our committee boat. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Northern Child [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Northern Child [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Northern Child [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Northern Child [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Northern Child crew on the windward side after finish. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Quokka coming in just behind another yacht at the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Quokka just after the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Quokka tacking just short of the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Quokka finishing. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Scarlet Oyster [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Sea Gal [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Sea Gal coming to the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Sea Gal finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Selene [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Selene approaching the finish just ahead of another yacht. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Selene crossing the line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Selene at the line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Selene after crossing the finish line just ahead of a competitor. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Team Shambles at the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Sleeper coming hard on the wind to the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Sleeper close to the finish mark. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Sleeper tacking just at the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Sleeper across the line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Slippery coming to the finish line [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Slippery crew on the windward side just short of the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Slippery finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Slippery [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Sonic [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Sonic coming to the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Southern Child finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Southern Child racing up to the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Southern Child after a good finish. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Spirit coming across the line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Spirit with a photographer aboard. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Spirit coming to the end of the race [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Spirit [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Spirit [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Starry Night coming by the committe boat before the races [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Starry Night [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Starry Night [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Starry Night [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Sumatra crossing the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Sumatra [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Sumatra at the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Sumatra [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Venomous finishing [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Venomous after passing the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Serious looks from aboard the Venomous just as they pass the finish line. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	Whisper passing the committee boat priot to the races. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]	King Harald of Norway and crew in a pre-race consultation or briefing. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]
Whisper raising the mainsail before the day's races. [17°0'25.83"N 61°48'15.23"W ]