I spent much of last week sailing on Boston Harbor in J/24’s and Olsen 25’s. On Friday, we went out on Boston’s Outer Harbor, to go to Lovell’s Island. The morning started out pretty exciting, with lightning and thunder, but the day’s end, it was absolutely magnificent.
There were ten of us, on two Olsen 25’s, and Dave Carlson was the skipper of our boat. He’s pictured above, on the left, in his well-worn foul weather gear—notice how effective the retro-reflective patch on his shoulder is. 
Leaving Lovell’s Island was an interesting challenge, as the dock the boats were pinned against the dock we were on by the strong and gusty breeze—about 12 knots gusting to 18 or so.
In this photo on the right, you can see Nannette in the boat, Val, Grant, who skippered the other boat, Dave, and Spence left to right. They were all watching the two gaff-rigged schooners go up towards Boston. 
On the left is a photo of one of the two that we saw that day.
The afternoon’s weather gave us strong winds and cloud-scattered over a blue sky. This last photo is of Grant, Dave, Igor, Dan, and Jason trying to catch us in their Olsen 25. Considering that they had a genoa up and we only had a jib, I can’t figure out why they kept falling behind. Maybe it was the gallon bucket we tied to their keel.