7-26-2014 Racing

by Pam

Miles and Maria had race duty and we had decent winds with hellishly hot temperatures. We had about 9 Butterflys and 2 Lasers on the course and despite the heat, we got in three races.

At lunch, both Doug and Paul were completely laid out in the floor of the clubhouse looking a bit geriatric. Both were complaining of stiff backs. The older men in the room, however, were doing just fine.

Laurie was sailing double-handed with her daughter for the first two races and Bowman also came out for the first two races and was doing quite well. Burton was having a good day with two bullets.

Cathy had loaned me Sylvia to sail and I raced her for two races and Doug for one and she did quite well with a 1, 2, 3 for the day. One guess who got the first. She's a quick, clean, slick bottomed boat. Thanks Cathy!

Doug and I traded off on his Laser and were joined but another Doug from WRBC also sailing a Laser. At one point, new Doug was perfectly positioned behind me holding Bruce and Gary back. We decided that the practice of having the Lasers starting behind Butterflys puts them right where we don't want them towards the finish. Starting early and getting them out of the way seems to be the better option.

We did have one capsize for the day which, in hindsight, seemed like a smart move as the skipper was looking quite comfortable at the end of the day while the rest of us were overheating.

No pics, nothing too exciting on the race course … just a pleasant day of sailing.