The final race of the Range series today; we were leading the PHS points board but only because they hadn’t taken drops into account – with drops we were coming second and Redline was untouchable in first place. We didn’t have a great race; quite late for the start (again), chose the wrong side of the course a few times (again), a few tactical errors. We ended up slipping back to 3rd place but it was still the first podium finish in a series for me on my own boat. Ian just got me on line honours – it’s been fun lining up to compete against my brother and I’ve been pleased with two beating him twice out of four of the races he’s sailed. He was going straight down to see Dad after the race and I could have gone with him but opted to stay for the presentation with the crew. I hope Dad would understand and would be proud of the achievement, however small. Mum said he’d pulled his feeding tube out again last night but that they were starting to feed him some yoghurt and the swallow reflex seems to be there, so it sounds like there’s some small improvement.
