Disco Duck

Prom Queens 1 and A. Ian needs more bling.

Daniel can't normally get away with this.

Hiking hard on Cinc-O-Sink. These guys are fast!

Ian secures the Gold Duck from the Race Committee.

It was Prom Night on the lake and the mini mirror ball was spinning aboard Full Moon, though the wind was next to nonexistent at the start. Crew Michael “Señor” Medina, Tammy “Prom Queen 1” Cross, Marcelle “Prom Queen A” Lynde, Ian “Muppet-Man” Mengedoht, Daniel “Cabin Niño” Mengedoht, and skipper John “Captain Disco” Mengedoht patiently kept the boat moving until the wind began to fill in from the northwest. Fortunately, Full Moon was positioned fairly well for the new breeze with all of the third start fleet either behind or off to the east. This allowed Full Moon to take a solid lead while also passing a substantial number of second start boats, many of which had been essentially parked for their start.

Rounding the Freeway buoy, Full Moon headed toward Gasworks for clear air and then tacked to the west, passing a few more second start boats. The mighty Equalizer was prepped for launch and hoisted shortly after rounding the Aurora buoy. After passing even more second start boats, Full Moon was joined by our friends on the 505 dinghy Cinc-O-Sink for the rest of the long southbound leg.

With a clean drop of the spinnaker (way to go, Tammy!), Full Moon was off on the final upwind leg to the finish, still in the fine company of Cinc-O-Sink. Cinc-O-Sink took the horn for first place in fourth start and Full Moon the same for third start for yet another Gold Duck. Sushi (Santana 20) scored second place after a few minutes, followed shortly by True Blue (Ranger 22) for the bronze.