Live music on the bow (after the race, of course).
Lots of people took a dip.
The pile up at the Challenger buoy.
Art, working hard...
Distance works to get by Full Moon.Full Moon crew Art “Tired” Teller, Randy “No Basement” Olsen, Don “Bingo” Caffrey, Robert “Bier” Leykam, and skipper John “Chips Ahoy” Mengedoht went for the pin end on port tack for the second week in a row to start Duck Dodge No. 11 on the hottest day of the year - so far. A number of boats had the same idea but this still paid off with Full Moon in the top ten on the first leg to the Aurora buoy, mixing it up with boats like Runner.
Rounding the buoy on the outside of the big Buchan 37 Distance, the Equalizer was quickly launched in a moderate breeze and Distance had to bear off after a while to escape Full Moon’s wind shadow. Meanwhile, a huge gap had opened between Full Moon and the rest of the fleet behind.
Heading into the “Challenger” buoy, the Equalizer came down nicely but, unfortunately, the wind began to die and Full Moon was lucky to get around. Distance and a Thunderbird were just ahead but going nowhere while boats that had rounded just a bit earlier still had wind enough to take them to the finish. Boats that had been much farther back began to pile up heading toward the buoy and soon a good 30 boats were drifting.
Eventually, the wind began to fill in and Full Moon got moving a bit sooner than Distance and held the advantage to the finish line to take 11th, though the T-bird stayed ahead. The usual rival boats were all far behind but I’m not sure anybody cared that much as long as they could be out on the cool water.
Rounding the buoy on the outside of the big Buchan 37 Distance, the Equalizer was quickly launched in a moderate breeze and Distance had to bear off after a while to escape Full Moon’s wind shadow. Meanwhile, a huge gap had opened between Full Moon and the rest of the fleet behind.
Heading into the “Challenger” buoy, the Equalizer came down nicely but, unfortunately, the wind began to die and Full Moon was lucky to get around. Distance and a Thunderbird were just ahead but going nowhere while boats that had rounded just a bit earlier still had wind enough to take them to the finish. Boats that had been much farther back began to pile up heading toward the buoy and soon a good 30 boats were drifting.
Eventually, the wind began to fill in and Full Moon got moving a bit sooner than Distance and held the advantage to the finish line to take 11th, though the T-bird stayed ahead. The usual rival boats were all far behind but I’m not sure anybody cared that much as long as they could be out on the cool water.
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