It was perplexing. Here we were, on a beam reach doing 7 knots in a flat sea. It was one of those magic moments. I was standing on the aft deck leaning against the wind generator pole just kind of meditating and taking in the magic moment when this McGreggor passed us at about 12 knots.

I knew the guy as we were on a club cruise in Catalina that week and were all returning back to Dana Point. I guess he could have needed to be back ASAP and was just taking advantage of what the boat could do but I've never seen him put the sails up.

I was so blown away I took a photo.