Strictly Sail Update

The show has now wrapped but Al will be staying in San Francisco for a couple of days before heading home to Penticton. It was an excellent 5 days in spite of some crazy weather on Saturday. Sunday was perfect with sun all day and a strong NW breeze coming straight down the estuary by early afternoon. Al and Jonathan sailed all day with one interested buyer after another and I dealt with the constant buzz on the dock. It was an excellent show and I'm glad that we made the decision to have the boat on the water. The Rocket begs to be sailed and after popping the asymmetrical and blasting off everyone we took sailing was converted. The highlight of Sunday was seeing the Rocket hitting 14.8 knots with the asso and Al, ever the showman, buzzing the dock and demonstrating perfect gybing technique. I've seen it all before but even so, I was impressed!

These great pictures were taken by Peter Lyons from Lyons Imaging who we first met last year at the Montana Cup. Peter is based in San Francisco and works as as marine photographer primarily in the the Bay Area. Al is taking the Rocket out to the Berkeley Circle on Tuesday with a couple of M24 guys and Rusty Canada from Doyle Sails who are building the next set of Rocket sails for our newest owner in New Mexico. Check back here as I hope to have some shots from their sail later this week.