WRANGLE RECAP

By Pam

Photo published with permissionWhat a weekend! 46 boats registered, 3 fleets, 6 races, lots of wind, lots of capsizes and rescues, and an absolutely awesome Flying Scot race committee.

When I wasn't on the race course hanging all of my 120 pounds off the side doing a poor job of holding the boat down, I was running from one end of the dock to the other checking on this and that, and I simply couldn't tell you much about what happend on the race course. The weekend is a blur of wind, horns saying 'go', orange balls saying 'go here' and white bottoms sticking up saying 'don't go there.' It was a fun event. The highlight of the weekend was the race committee and all the competitors. It just doesn't get any better!

Huge thank yous to:

Windward Boatworks (www.windwardboatworks.com) for providing drawing prizes that enabled us to get almost 100 percent Butterfly registration the week before.

La Vida Starships (www.lavidastarships.com) for providing an exceptional drawing prize that enabled us to get almost 100 percent Sunfish registration the week before. Let's not forget the Laser stickers they sent just in case the Lasers showed up. Next time Doug sees his Sunfish, it will be sporting a Laser sticker (what do you bet it'll make him faster).

West Marine (www.westmarine.com) for providing all competitors with a check-in gift.

Sandwich Shoppe in Plano for the great lunch and dinner. Excellent job, Heather!

Central Plasticworks (www.sailingtrophies.com) for the very NICE trophies. They promise to fit any budget.

White Rock Boat Club (www.whiterockboatclub.com) and Corinthian Sailing Club (www.cscsailing.org) for working together and accomodating all the competitors and making them feel welcome on their docks. Fantastic teamwork!

Flying Scot Fleet for providing a most excellent race committee. Tom Miller and Ted Perna, you and your crew did an awesome job getting off 6 races with three fleets, while moving marks, getting everyone upright, getting the photographer in place for some great shots, and getting us off the water by 11:30 on Sunday.

Texas Sunfish Racing Circuit (www.sunfishracing.org) for selecting this event as a part of your racing circuit.

Butterfly Fleet 20 and all the members who pitched in to help make this a very fun event and, most especially, Shaun Hoffman for setting up our online registration and his sister for the great t-shirt design.

John Noeding (www.jnoeding.com) for generously donating his time and being our photographer. I'm certain his supremely professional photos are sure to be a highlight of the weekend.

Last, and most important, thank you to all the competitors, especially our off lake visitors for making this a very successful and fun event.