June 14… Day two of team racing practice. Another “Island style” start, as the kids slowly rigged and mostly played on the beach while they waited for Christopher and Manny to procure a new boat from McLauhlin… who was again slow to get moving in the morning. On the water at noon and back at speed testing and team racing. Tracy and I took a nice long swim and found some spots with schools of fish cruising the small reefs along the edges of the bay. Not lots of coral, but plenty of urchins and colorful fish. Romain and Quinn took a kayak out around the point of the bay looking for a little surf on the reef. Only one foot, but still tricky as they discovered the reef was covered with jagged rocks and urchins. I swam out to them after a bit and was ATTACKED by a fish. Romain didn’t believe me until he paddled up and watched a huge (10 inches) fish nibbling at my “torso.” I had to get a ride back on the kayak to avoid any more serious wounds. For dinner we broke our rule of never Mexican food outside of Mexico or Southern California. Rule still holds. Dinner was mediocre, but filling. Then off to the second half of Marley and Me and bed by 9:30pm.
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