Racing 8/27/2016

                                                                                                                                              by Cathy

We have two regattas coming up in October. Paul said he wouldn't be here for the State Fair regatta since he'll be in Illinois, participating in the Championship of Champions!  How cool is that?

We only had one race yesterday. It was a beautiful morning but the wind was light and getting lighter. There were some problems with the motor boat so we had to borrow one from CSC. It took awhile to get things going and then as the wind dwindled . . . the course was shortened and Larry and I got towed back to the docks. Everyone else made it in under their own power.

What we've figured out is that if you have Laurie on race committee . .. things will go wrong.  lol! She always shows up on time but I noticed that somehow racing never happens. Usually it's the weather or one time Paul had just done a lot of sailing and volunteered to take her place on committee. This time it was problems with the motor boat AND the lack of wind. Of course this is all just superstition but after asking her to substitute for someone else then seeing the dwindling wind forecast - I did have some second thoughts. I think she gets extra credit for showing up over and over again and though we only had one race, she still got a workout towing us around, switching boats, etc. And Sandy set up a great course and we were very thankful it was shortened!

Then of course after we put the boats away and sat in the club . . . the wind filled in and we enjoyed the nice breeze. But no one made a move to get the boats out again and enjoy it, except John rowed out in his beautiful green wooden Drascombe and promptly put up his red sails. Very colorful and for a minute there we seemed to be in a much more exotic location than our little White Rock Lake in the middle of Dallas.