The only missing piece was a cheerful bright moon. With one race upwind and the other a reach, many crew spent considerable time performing the function of ballast. After the jokes and stories died down, I did have a thought. Especially as both races had apparent wind speeds of 20 knots or so. For hours the only sound was the slapping of the waves at the hull and the blowing of the wind.
Wind is technically the horizontal movement of air generally from areas of high to low pressure.
You can't see it. You can hear it. In my mind I can reproduce that sound. However, on this screen or on a piece of paper I can't write what it sounds like.