I was a jib man on a Cal 35 sloop for a few years in the 80's. Wednesday night races out of the Vallejo Yacht club with a crew of naval architects and their shop superintendant from Mare Island Naval Shipyard. St Francis to Vallejo races and back, 1st bouy races out through the Golden Gate and back and a couple od Farallon Island races(rough water). Had a lot of interesting conversations about weapons payloads needed for cracking titanium double hulls on Soviet subs. Later, after my divorce,(ex-wife worked at the shipyard) moved across to the Dock of the Bay,Sandy Beach. There, whenever I saw an LA class boat go in or out, I'd hoist the Soviet flag, take the camera with the telephoto lens out and snap, snap, wink, wink.
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