1-14-12 RACING

by Pam

It's January.  We had plenty of sun, warm temperatures, and a touch of a breeze.  Doug and I sailed double handed on a Laser and trailed the fleet.  For us, it was a very relaxing, enjoyable sail on a beautiful day.  Just what the doctor ordered.  Most of the fleet was doing the crouching tiger position practicing the fine art of keeping a boat moving in little to no air.  Regardless of the uncomfortable position and the slow motion racing, the weather was just too good not to appreciate. 

Bruce jumped out in front and finished with Bowman in a close second in the first race.  In the second race, it looked like it would be Bruce again but Cathy came up the winner.  Congrats Cathy! 

While sailing around Doug and I decided to take a closer look at the tree that has remained in the middle of our race course for almost two years now.  We noted that it's become a bit of a sandbar and the water around it is getting shallower.  Also, there is about a 4 foot depth where you can sail through the middle of it if you hit it just right.  We gave some thought to how to go about removing it before the Nationals but all ideas came up with a potential injury or breakage of something.  Any ideas?