Keeping the lay day, sort of

Keeping the lay day, sort of

Back when the San Francisco Big Boat Series had big boats, it also had lay days (plural). Some of the best memories came away from the race course, but now it’s a four-day battle where the boats are smaller and only the strongest survives. Progress? There was also a time when the biennial Block Island Race Week had everyone staying ashore to compete in activities that ranged from tug-o-war and in-pool jousting tournaments to road races and Whale…