Tuesday night row with some strong current getting ready for our next race around Coast Guard Island.

We watched a large barge come right through the Skipper Whipper race in Napa River from the Vallejo Yacht Club yesterday. We were worried a member of our team would be caught when the drawbridge went up (and he was) but he still made it in time for the masters division.

Mixed team returning to Vallejo Yacht Club:

Men’s team first turn from the Vallejo Yacht Club perspective:

Shea took some great footage from the Mare Island side of the Men’s Team and the Masters Team that I was on. Solano Rowing Club’s Men’s and Mixed took first place and the Masters team took second place out of about 5-6 competitors in each race.

BAWRA after party at Mare Island Brewery.

Pictures:

That’s one good thing about losing an hour of sleep for the time change.

Rowing on glass today. You can see from the smokestacks of C&H Sugar factory in Crockett across the Carquinez Strait that there was no wind as they are going straight up.

Starboard rollers give you an idea of how stable these whaleboats are. The tug boat in the distance caused these waves, but we’ve handled far bigger ones without issue. Usually we’re rowing through them so there’s no chance to film it unless I had my GoPro on.

Men’s row this morning had views of the women’s team boat again. This first shot of coxswain Tori Lin is my favorite this year so far. She was in this position naturally, but I made her pose this way again for the effect.

Was able to take pictures of the women’s team from the men’s boat. The strait was very choppy so the Skills boat stayed in the marina.