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| Rainbow Crew! |
Full Moon crew
Michael “Fred and Ginger” Medina, Marcelle “Blue Can” Van Houten, Tina “Incognito”
Hein, Daniel “10 More Feet” Mengedoht, and skipper John “3:16” Mengedoht
sported some awesome rainbow colors for the Crazy Wig Duck Dodge (thanks,
Michael!). A solid NW wind favored a port tack start, though Full Moon had to duck at least one
starboard tack boat to make it to the line.
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| Daniel photo-bombs Michael and Marcelle. |
The first leg was a straight shot on a tight reach to the
Freeway buoy, many boats converging for a close-quarters rounding. Full Moon then headed nearly to Gasworks
before tacking. Some jib sheet trouble left the genoa flogging for a bit but Full Moon still was able to (just barely)
lay the Aurora buoy.
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| Reeling in Slippery When Wet. Queue the "Jaws" music, Daniel! |
Once around, the Equalizer was quickly hoisted to great
advantage on the long beam reach south, the boat speed climbing to an indicated
7.23 knots at one point. (Yee-hah!!!) While eventual winner Stella Blue (Nordic 40) took advantage
of her long waterline to stay ahead, Full
Moon was able to reel in speedy Slippery
When Wet (Santana 20) and a white T-bird to gybe round the AGC buoy in
second place.
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| Another sticker for the mast... |
Full Moon was
able to hold position on the blustery final leg to claim the Silver Duck with Wandering Angus (boat type?) not too far
behind taking third place.
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