J24 Racing in Camden

Awesome evening...wind strong at first, plenty of waves. I love it when it is like that, sitting over the rail, waves splashing over me. Of course, it helped that it was really hot and muggy, and very rarely here in Maine do we really feel like being splashed with sea water...but tonight it felt so good.
I was on Patti Dinse's boat, Havoc, with her two children, Michael and Amber, and crew member Gretchen.
Oh, I forgot to say- Patti's children are grown-ups.
My arms are actually a little sore from hauling around at the guy.
We had two last places, one due to a wardrobe malfunction. Meaning, spinnaker issues. It came out twisted. We'd been practicing a set before racing, and got hit with a puff and a wave. It was almost a broach; the guy got blown and the pole swung, we yelled "Duck Amber" and she dropped to the foredeck. But, the last race, we redeemed ourselves for a first place. Everyone dialed in and we got it together.
I love the calm after the storm aspect of sailing. Being out there in the wind and waves, all the exertion to get sails up and down, the mental work, and then the race is over often simultaneous to the wind dying down at evening, and so you sail back in to the harbor watching the sun set and breathing in the peace, bantering with your crewmates, or just watching the Camden Hills while you coil up spinnaker sheets or while you tidy something else...

Patti's husband, Jeff Dinse, is usually the main contender at these affairs. Guy sails on his boat. But, this year, Jeff has ripped tendons in his shoulder and must sit out the season with his arm in a sling! So Guy has assumed the organization of crew aboard Jeff's boat, Blue Zombie. She's a Blue Zombie because she rose from the dead. And she's blue. Jeff, meanwhile, has been out on the committee boat, and seems to be developing a keen analyst stance apres race. Really, I think it would make very interesting sports casting. He gives a good race analysis. If I had my stuff together, I could find a movie camera and go out on committee boat on the nights I am not sailing, do some filming, and get Jeff to do some commentary. We could have post race discussion. "Now to you, Jeff." (Camera pans to Jeff, arm in sling.) Some gripping, terse sports-lingo.
Lizzie: "Jeff, can you tell us what is going on out there?"
(a banner running at the bottom of the screen, saying something like, "Live from Camden Harbor, Simulcast on Channel 58, Knox County)
Jeff: "The only thing to do after setting the spinnaker for the downwind leg was jibe."
(quick shot of boats in action, some jibing, some not, circles and arrows appearing on screen.)

Anyway, it could be fun. I have no idea how to make a TV show, which could be a little bit of a problem.