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| Judy and Dave enjoying the sunshine. |
The crew voted to just race for a single lap for the
final Duck Dodge (Martini Night aboard
Full
Moon) and, since finishing wouldn’t matter, we opted to go in first start,
though we didn’t inform the Race Committee! Crew Randy “Mike’s Mike’s” Olsen,
Michael “Beer Beer” Medina, Marcelle “Boom Boom” Van Houten, Dave “Pour Pour”
Pulsifer, Judy “Clink Clink” Tiffany, Amy “Click Click” Stokes, and skipper
John “Olive Olive” Mengedoht zoomed across the starting line with the Big Boys,
though with little hope of keeping up the pace for long.
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| Marcelle also likes that sun! |
However, it was very nice sailing in a less crowded
portion of the lake and
Full Moon hung
in there at the back of the fleet for the first upwind leg to the Freeway buoy
and past Gasworks to the Aurora buoy. The Equalizer went up quickly and
provided excellent speed on the broad reach to the AGC buoy, helping keep
Full Moon ahead of the fastest
second-start boats.
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| Michael and Dave enjoy the "second lap." |
After a clean drop of the spinnaker, the “final” leg
upwind went well, though a speedy Etchells managed to zip past. Just for fun,
we tooted our own air horn as we crossed the line for the first lap,
celebrating our early “finish.”
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| John and Randy also enjoy the "second lap." |
After dropping the jib and preparing the usual Martini
Night libations,
Full Moon mostly
continued sailing the racecourse, though with a careful eye to avoid getting in
the way of anybody still racing. The wind began to fade, especially near the
AGC buoy, and it was fun to observe the mashup of barely moving boats without
having to be somewhere in the middle of it.
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| The city looks gorgeous in the setting sun. |
All in all, it was another great summer of racing with
mostly sunny evenings and mostly decent wind. Full Moon did skip four races due to skipper conflicts so maybe we
just missed any sub-par weather! Not that it matters much but Full Moon’s average finish was tenth,
not bad considering the competition.
