Far, Far Away

Full Moon on approach to the starting line, two boats to the right of Kitiwake's stern.

Full Moon skipped Duck Dodge No. 2 (skipper was out of town) but returned for Star Wars Night. Crew Randy “Jibe Ho!” Olsen, Chuck “The Count” Weldy, Tina “Skewers” Hein, Ian “Jawa” Mengedoht, Daniel “Yoda” Mengedoht, and skipper John “Obi Wan” Mengedoht enjoyed a pretty decent start in clear (but very light) air. Finding or staying in pockets of better breeze would be the mode all evening but Full Moon did pretty well on the first leg to the Freeway buoy.

Full Moon leads Tuesday to the AGC buoy on the second lap.

With an unusual easterly wind, spinnakers were flown to advantage on the leg to the Aurora buoy, which, thankfully, was not moving around this week. The long leg to the AGC buoy was mostly a reach but not deep enough for a symmetrical spinnaker. Then it was back upwind to start the second lap. Rinse and repeat…

Full Moon (left) finishes in the waning light.

With two laps and light air, the race took quite a while but Full Moon did fairly well given six people and two full coolers aboard. Old rival Ignitor was never a threat and we even managed to stay ahead of one J24!

A classic light air evening on the lake.