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Close quarters at the Freeway buoy
Full Moon crew Michael “Fast Pack” Medina, Chuck “Stanchion” Weldy, Tammy “Hard Lemonade” Cross, and skipper John “Chips Ahoy” Mengedoht were positioned for a decent start for the Economic Recovery Duck Dodge but didn’t count on a huge topsail schooner (complete with gun ports!) virtually parked on the starting line. Boats able to get around the behemoth had good starts. Others, including Full Moon, had to take several tacks to get clear and suffered accordingly.
Fortunately, rivals Ignitor, Fortis, and Shogun were either not far ahead or actually behind at the start and the game was on to beat them all and get to a respectable finish. The massive Equalizer spinnaker helped considerably on two long runs as every gust brought a burst of acceleration and significant gain. With smooth sail handling and consistent good speed an increasing number of boats were left behind while all the usual rivals fell farther and farther back. In the end, Full Moon managed to get up to about 15th of some 40 to 50 boats, a great performance considering the poor start.
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