The Louis Vuitton Yacht Race

It started off here another hot day in sunny Dubai. We spent the morning tidying up the boat as we were to have guests down later for a tour. They were a group of teachers from the American University here in Dubai and also friends of our sponsor. After a quick tour of 2041, we were all invited to go out and watch the racing. A good friend was the 18th man on Artemis, which is the highly sought after position for a spectator or sponsor to be able to go out and race in one of the boats of the Louis Vuitton trophy. We were all excited as this was the first time we would be able to see the racing up close instead of the big screen in the pavilion. So we all piled onto his boat and motored out to the race course. It was a nice change of pace to be able sit back and enjoy a cold drink while someone else ran the boat. It was an exciting afternoon of racing and Artemis even won its match for that day. After getting back into port and congratulating our friend for his win, the crew and myself headed back to the boat and cooked up a good dinner and then it was off to mingle with the racers as they come in from their day at sea.

Jake