It's 8AM and I'm standing on the dock of the bay as the last minute assembled crew of Straight Jacket arrives with gear, food and coffee. The sun is already high in the sky, the breeze is light and an overall sense of happiness is in the air.It's a couple of hours motoring from the marina to our destination of Sawyer's Bay. It's the little secluded inlet behind the head of the sleeping giant. There's already a few boats moored off and we link up with them to expand the raft. It's a race day and this is the starting area. As more boats arrive and join up - the conversations grow to a dull roar. Sailors are walking across all the decks to meet up with others. We have our own little waterworld here.
Eventually the time comes for the skippers meeting outlining the course set for the race. We dismantle the barge one by one and start the race before the race. Everything by now is rigged up and we're ready to embark on a 7 hour sailboat race that parallels the 'Giant' then best course back to the city across the bay.
It was a beauty of a day for sailing. I packed my Nikon and snapped some pics throughout the journey.
