Olson Sandwich

Full Moon in the prestart.

A bigger than usual turnout.

The mighty Equalizer reaches down the lake.

Full Moon is near the left side of this shot.

Kate and Jeremy enjoy their first Duck Dodge on Full Moon.

Mata Hari experiments with spinnaker technology. 

The Hot Tub Boat was out with an all-female crew. Not sure why  there isn't a crowd of guys near by?

Duck Dodge No. 5 brought out more than the usual number of boats, enticed by the beautiful sunny skies and a nice northerly breeze. Full Moon crew Randy “Doubly Perfect” Olsen, Art “Rusty” Teller, Kate “Chaos” Austin, Jeremy “T-Bone” Jones, and skipper John “Contender” Mengedoht absolutely nailed the start near the pin end but unfortunately were helpless to prevent a few rockets (brand new J70) and bigger boats (Mata Hari) from working on by. Still, at the Aurora buoy Full Moon was hanging in there with three Olson 25s, Scat, and other fast boats while comfortably ahead of traditional rivals Ignitor and Zephyr.

After a brief hiccup, the mighty Equalizer was launched for the long reach to the AGC buoy. Full Moon actually passed Scat for a while (no pun intended) but then had difficulty with the wind shadow of boats to windward. At the buoy, a clean spinnaker drop and tight rounding kept Full Moon in the thick of things.

Heading upwind to the Freeway buoy and then across to the Aurora buoy saw Full Moon trading places back and forth with Iolar and another Olson 25 while also passing the Santa Cruz 27 Shazam and first-starter Penelope (C&C 99), which was pretty astounding. After rounding at Aurora, the Equalizer was hoisted again to good effect but, as before, it was challenging to pass anyone to leeward and Full Moon proceeded most of the way south with an Olson 25 on each side.

On the second trip northbound, Full Moon held off Iolar and picked off a J100 from first start as well. Rounding the Freeway buoy and then reaching south to the finish, Full Moon continued to hold off Iolar to take an excellent 11^th in a larger than normal fleet.