Beat The Heat!

 

Daniel supports the WGA and SGA strikes.

With temperatures in the low 90s, it was great to get out on the lake for the Mardi Gras Duck Dodge. Full Moon crew Daniel “Long Drink” Mengedoht, Logan “Cranberry” Pulsifer, and skipper John “Clean Air” Mengedoht went in fourth start (no spinnaker), crossing the line very near the front of the fleet and then rolling the J24 Beagle with only a Harbor 20 slightly ahead to windward.

Full Moon rolls past Beagle (yellow/orange J24) at the start.

Once past the Freeway buoy, Full Moon did a few tacks to escape the wind shadow of other boats. Two more tacks brought Full Moon to the Aurora buoy, having passed several third start boats, including our old ex-rival Ignitor.

The Mengedoht Men at work, heading for the Aurora buoy.

Full Moon maintained good speed on the broad reach south until Ignitor caught up under spinnaker, creating a wind shadow. A quick dive to windward brought Full Moon behind Ignitor but in relatively clean air. At the AGC buoy, Ignitor took a slightly wide turn while dropping their spinnaker, leaving ample space for Full Moon to zip inside and ahead.

Result!

It was then a straight shot in nice breeze to the finish. In the end, Full Moon scored the Gold Duck, having led the fleet for the bulk of the race.