Bronze Me!

Full Moon was short on experienced crew for the Pirate Night Duck Dodge so we elected to forgo the spinnaker and race in fourth start. Crew Daniel “Everything Everywhere” Mengedoht, Emily “Halyards” Yen, Yuyu “Aaaahh!” Chiang, and skipper John “Close Quarters” Mengedoht had a decent port tack start and only had to duck one starboard tack boat after crossing the line. With a nice NW breeze, Full Moon had good speed northbound and nailed the rounding of the Freeway buoy.

Full Moon motors past the Committee Boat before the start.

After romping westward, Full Moon was put into a tight squeeze between a windward boat and a boat that tacked at the last second right before the Aurora buoy but emerged unscathed and in first place. Unfortunately, this didn’t last long as relative giant Solara came past early on the broad reach south. Then Runaway (Norlin 34) began to challenge from a path a bit closer to the Westlake shore. Full Moon hung in there for most of the leg but Runaway pulled ahead before rounding the AGC buoy.

The final leg was a straight shot to the finish line where Full Moon got the horn for third place!