Wormhole

Light and shifty winds greeted Full Moon crew Randy “Jibe Time” Olsen, Michael “Jet-Drive” Medina, Don “Beermeister” Caffrey, Chuck “Free Lesson” Weldy, and skipper John “Don't Jinx It” Mengedoht for Duck Dodge No. 6. Initially well-positioned for the start, Full Moon was forced by traffic to execute a “doughnut” or else miss the end of the starting line. This killed all speed and Full Moon was, as usual, late at the start.

Things looked up on the first upwind leg to the south as arch-rival Ignitor crossed tacks behind but Ignitor headed for the Westlake shore and found breeze where nobody else expected any. This propelled them to what looked like an insurmountable lead. Full Moon kept chipping away, though, until finally, approaching the downwind “Freeway” buoy, a large group of boats including Ignitor converged just as the wind faded and then temporarily shifted forward. In what seemed like an instant, Full Moon was just behind and then, turning at the buoy, was neck and neck with Ignitor!

This time, the light wind gave the edge to Full Moon, which steadily pulled out ahead. The wind still had one more trick to play as it suddenly dropped and shifted close to the finish line with Ignitor charging up from behind but the gap was too great and Full Moon prevailed to finish 12th, restoring proper order to the universe.