J22 Worlds Finale: It all boils down to this. On the plus side: Team Wetass squeaked into the Gold Fleet (the top 64 boats that were competing for the championship). On the minus side: Team Wetass (moi, mainly) sailed like dumbasses once we got there. We went into the championship round in 57th place and when all the shouting was over we finished 60th (out of 130 boats). We weren’t Dead F*cking Last (DFL) in the Gold Fleet, but we were Almost Dead F*cking Last (ADFL). Still, it was a great, great week on the water, we learned a ton, and we only encountered a few d*ckheads at the very crowded mark roundings. Oh yeah, a couple of other huge pluses: the beer was mostly free, the weather was mostly good, and we all spent a week sailing instead of sitting around in offices…



“Uh, Tim. How come I keep seeing so many boats in front of us…?”

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