Strong gusty winds and whitecaps greeted Full Moon crew Art “Double Yellow” Teller, Doug “Megapixel” Schoemaker, Ian “Skirtless” Mengedoht, Daniel “Yee-hah!” Mengedoht, and skipper John “Crazy Ivan” Mengedoht for Duck Dodge No. 8. With the starting line skewed, as usual, to make a narrow slot on starboard tack, things got a bit dicey as boats tacked onto port to make it across but Full Moon emerged unscathed in the top third of the huge fleet. From there it was a straight shot to the Freeway buoy and then another straight shot skimming Gasworks Park to the Aurora buoy.
Deploying the mighty Equalizer spinnaker brought a wild but fast ride down the lake and a smooth take-down at the AGC buoy cemented Full Moon’s gains on that leg. After a short reach to the Challenger buoy it was time for Art to repack the spinnaker down in the cabin while the boat heeled on one side or the other as Full Moon tacked back up the lake - with a couple of round-ups to keep things exciting.
The wind faded a little for the second lap, especially near the northern two buoys, but was otherwise a repeat. Everyone enjoyed the stronger winds and clear blue skies and in the end Full Moon was 12th out of 40 or more boats with all traditional rivals at least a full leg behind.
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Where's the pictures
ReplyDeleteMegapixel took all the photos and I don't have them yet!
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