Duck Dodge, May 12, 2009
The Last Leg
Full Moon returned to racing action Tuesday for the first Duck Dodge of summer. Crew Art “Bonkers” Teller, Michael “The Waiter” Medina, Don “All Play – No Pay” Caffrey, Mike “Desert Pirate” Moniuszko, and skipper John “English Beer” Mengedoht had a typical (late) start turn much worse as the fickle wind shut down before the starting line was reached. When the wind did fill back in, though, Full Moon made the most of it to gain back at least some of the lost distance. Approaching the first buoy with the spinnaker pole up ready for the hoist, a couple of boats just ahead made a mess of the rounding, forcing Full Moon wide and then into an unplanned tack. Getting turned back the right direction took more precious time but the spinnaker was soon up and Full Moon began to gain on the boats ahead, including arch-rival Ignitor.
The Last Leg
Full Moon returned to racing action Tuesday for the first Duck Dodge of summer. Crew Art “Bonkers” Teller, Michael “The Waiter” Medina, Don “All Play – No Pay” Caffrey, Mike “Desert Pirate” Moniuszko, and skipper John “English Beer” Mengedoht had a typical (late) start turn much worse as the fickle wind shut down before the starting line was reached. When the wind did fill back in, though, Full Moon made the most of it to gain back at least some of the lost distance. Approaching the first buoy with the spinnaker pole up ready for the hoist, a couple of boats just ahead made a mess of the rounding, forcing Full Moon wide and then into an unplanned tack. Getting turned back the right direction took more precious time but the spinnaker was soon up and Full Moon began to gain on the boats ahead, including arch-rival Ignitor.
A long reaching leg proved the value of the immense Equalizer spinnaker and at the final buoy Full Moon had closed the gap to Ignitor, rounding just behind them. Full Moon then chose a better course to the finish line to beat not only Ignitor, but a few others as well, including catching 36’ Mata Hari by only a few feet. Full Moon was an amazing 8th, given the poor start and short race, with Ignitor 11th.
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