Arrived in Enoshima

Yesterday we checked out of the hotel and our friend Kuniko most graciously offered to drive us the 60 miles or so south to the island of Enoshima where the regatta is. While the distance is not far, it took over two hours due to soul crushing traffic and it probably would have been faster via the train that goes right to the causeway to the island. But this was easy due to the sailing crap we were lugging.

The island is a huge tourist destination (mostly locals), basically an Ocean City day trip situation. We have a cute little AirBnB apartment here which is really nice so we have a great home base about a 3 minute walk to the boat park. You know it's a party location when the AirBnB documentation has a note about a cleaning fee for "Vomit". LOL But is tidy and clean.

The boat park is massive and was the venue for the 1964 and 2022 Olympic Sailing. We made contact with our charter boat, a 2023 Jibetech that was delivered to the '23 Nationals in Sandusky and sailed by a Japanese team then shipped back to Japan. We also have a Jibetech Snipe of the same vintage, but as we say "Snipes are like children, no two are the same", so while it is familiar, they rig things differently here and as I suspected, we ended up making some modifications based on parts I brought (like spreaders). The boat was set up for two big dudes, so we needed to retune it. I got the basics of that done so Lisa and Lexi can go for a quick practice sail today. It's still really hot here and working on the pavement in the boat park is exhausting. Breeze here based on yesterday looks to be in the mid teens (12-18 knots) which will be a workout. More on that soon!Read more