The Mengedoht boys enjoy another sunny evening on the lake.
Randy and Ian start in on the post-race cold ones.
Great crew+fun boat=big smileFull Moon crew Randy “Sound Effects” Olsen, Michael “French Dip” Medina, Ian “Multiphonic” Mengedoht, Daniel “Butt-strap Bill” Mengedoht, and skipper John “Crab Cakes” Mengedoht had a good start for Duck Dodge No. 12, avoiding a pile-up of boats at the Committee Boat by crossing at the middle of the line. Unfortunately, boats that stayed to the right enjoyed better and more consistent wind and Full Moon rounded the “AGC” buoy in about tenth place.
On the short reaching leg to the Chandler’s Cove buoy Full Moon lost another place to always-speedy Scat but otherwise held position. On the next leg, the mighty Equalizer brought the expected gain, holding off a charging Thunderbird and bringing Full Moon ever closer to a cluster of boats in front. Just ahead was old rival Fortis, which had nailed the start. With a pass to windward being risky tactically, not to mention a lot of traffic on that side, Full Moon attempted to pass Fortis to leeward and almost got through but the wind shadow from Fortis was too much and Full Moon was stuck in a four-boat sandwich approaching the Freeway buoy.
Traffic at the buoy worked in Full Moon’s favor as several boats swung very wide, allowing Full Moon ample room on the inside. Fortis was inside Full Moon and overlapped but just far enough back to suffer in the backwash from Full Moon’s sails and Full Moon pulled out ahead. Fortis then tacked to get into clear air. This proved to be their salvation as the wind built on left side as well as the far right while Full Moon soldiered on toward the middle of the lake and an unexpected hole in a donut of wind.
On the short reaching leg to the Chandler’s Cove buoy Full Moon lost another place to always-speedy Scat but otherwise held position. On the next leg, the mighty Equalizer brought the expected gain, holding off a charging Thunderbird and bringing Full Moon ever closer to a cluster of boats in front. Just ahead was old rival Fortis, which had nailed the start. With a pass to windward being risky tactically, not to mention a lot of traffic on that side, Full Moon attempted to pass Fortis to leeward and almost got through but the wind shadow from Fortis was too much and Full Moon was stuck in a four-boat sandwich approaching the Freeway buoy.
Traffic at the buoy worked in Full Moon’s favor as several boats swung very wide, allowing Full Moon ample room on the inside. Fortis was inside Full Moon and overlapped but just far enough back to suffer in the backwash from Full Moon’s sails and Full Moon pulled out ahead. Fortis then tacked to get into clear air. This proved to be their salvation as the wind built on left side as well as the far right while Full Moon soldiered on toward the middle of the lake and an unexpected hole in a donut of wind.
In the end, Fortis finished 11th with Full Moon just behind in 12th out of some 40 boats. Good old Shogun was not too far back while Ignitor had suffered a poor start and wallowed near the back of the fleet.
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