1-6-2018 Racing

                                                                                                                                                   by Cathy

Jim called it just about right. The forecast for Saturday afternoon is encouraging: mostly sunny, temperatures in the low 50s, and southerly wind averaging 10 to 12 mph.  A good start to the new year.

Ended up being even warmer - more like mid-60s. Our kind of January! The wind was steady from the southeast with a few puffs up to 15 mph or so. We had a different winner for each race. 

First race: Doug, Sandy, Nancy
Second race: Nancy, Doug, Sandy
Third race: Burton, Doug, Nancy

Fun to watch some great sailing. Nancy got a big lead in the second race in front of Doug and held it. And in that last race, it seemed Burton was way ahead of everybody the entire race. We had to race him to the finish line!

Doug trying to catch Nancy in the second race.

Doug not catching Nancy!

Thank you for the driving lessons, Marshall. Everything went so smoothly the whole afternoon. And no capsizes . .. always good when the water is so cold.  

We have an improvement in case someone does end up in the water. Jim arranged for a new ladder and it is very nice. I think Marshall told me he was the first to try it out and it worked quite well. Also there is a lot of new labeling with some helpful hints. AND someone (Larry?) replaced all the lines for the buoys so they will not float away leaving the weights behind. Thank you!