Classes were great today... I did very well on both my Calculus midterm and my furniture research paper. The highlight of today was definitely sailing though. we had a great time out on the ocean racing together. On the first race me and the other midshipman I was sailing with took 3rd place. And then things turned into chaos...as usual.

Our Executive Officer has a huge sense of humor and loves to ride around in his motorboat with some random midshipman that he makes jump out onto a sailboat to capsize the sailboat. So sailing races turned into an all-out naval battle. I have to admit, it was a fun experience. We definitely had some close calls, but me and buddy refused to give up the ship. The first incident happened when another sailboat decided to swipe our port side and board my boat, but I ripped him away from the boat and set sail to evade him. The second time my Executive Officer decided to ride up in his motorboat and let another midshipman jump from the motorboat onto the mast of my boat. Me and my sailing buddy decided to do a hard tack and the main beam shifting threw him off my boat. The third time was when I looked out ahead of my boat and saw a midshipman in the ocean with no life vest,  so I sailed over to him.As I pulled him into the boat he decided to attempt to "turtle" my boat, which is capsizing it all the way upside down. We fought for  a little bit and then he decided he would rather have a ride back to the boathouse than have me and my friend throw him back in the ocean.

The Yale sailing team lets us use their boats and sails, and I just know they look over at us during sailing and think "and WHY are we letting a bunch of trigger-happy college guys use our boats?" as they see us simulate naval warfare and piracy in our little sailboats. Hey, I'm okay with having fun every once and a while. Anyways, here are some pictures I took at the sailing house today: