Tropicana

Dan likes this sailing stuff!

Full Moon crew Randy Olsen, Daniel Mengedoht, Dave Pulsifer, Jack Ewer, Dan Ewer and skipper John Mengedoht enjoyed a decent start for the Tropical Night Duck Dodge. Unfortunately, a jib sheet came adrift at the first tack (skipper error!), causing an untimely tack back until the offending sheet could be re-tied. For all that, the first leg was fast with decent, if shifty, wind and Full Moon was still in the top quarter of the fleet to the Freeway buoy.

Randy, Dave, and Jack working hard.

The leg to the Aurora buoy was a close reach, followed by a beat to windward, made slightly more interesting by the gravel barge doing its regular cruise through the north end of the lake. The person setting the buoy might consider a more southerly location to avoid the potential conflict?

The gravel barge makes its regular evening appearance.

The Equalizer was helpful on the long south leg to the AGC buoy, though the shifting breeze necessitated a jibe and shifting the jib to the port side to keep the foredeck crew busy. A clean drop and rounding and Full Moon headed at a good clip to the floating beer island, where multiple beers were snagged. Unfortunately, a tack was required not long after and it’s hard to chug those heavy IPAs!

The skipper likes being ahead of all those boats!

The second lap was relatively uneventful and Full Moon ended up ahead of all traditional rivals for a pretty decent finish. Good times!

Daniel at his usual post. Gonna miss this guy next summer!

The obligatory sunset shot.