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| Michael supplies the Race Committee with the traditional "Committee Appreciation." |
Full Moon crew Randy “Stereo” Olsen, Michael “Tippy
Cup” Medina, Marcelle “Deck Ornament” Van Houten, Daniel “Low Pole” Mengedoht,
and skipper John “Close Enough” Mengedoht enjoyed an average start for the
final Duck Dodge, on port tack too far from the favored Committee Boat end of
the line. Things improved on the first leg until the giant ketch
Jolly Roger
stalled at the Freeway buoy.
Full Moon approached on starboard tack, but
a port tack boat failed to duck (or tack) with the result that
Full Moon
couldn’t quite make it around the buoy. Given the chaos around
Jolly Roger,
Full Moon kept going, even though this would officially be a DNF.
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| Full Moon is nearly on time for the start but too far from the favored end and moving a bit slow. |
The Equalizer worked wonders on the long reaching leg
south,
Full Moon gaining substantially on
Slingshot (J30) and
some other boats. The wind went light near the AGC buoy, however, leading to a
minor pile-up of boats.
Full Moon managed to find a lane close to the
buoy but then struggled to get going. This allowed
Makima (Thunderbird)
to get past and for
Slingshot to pull back ahead. In the end,
Full
Moon was about fifth, ignoring the missed buoy.
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| Full Moon sailing into the sunset, post-race. |
The final race on
Full Moon is historically
Martini Night and the skipper upheld the tradition with three olives “for the
protein.” It was a gorgeous evening on the lake, and we enjoyed sailing around
for quite a while.
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| Commodore Daniel with cocktail shaker. |
Full Moon averaged fourth place for the season,
including four races in second start, but not counting four races we skipped.
We scored a whopping six ducks, one gold, four silver, and one bronze. Despite
the success, third start still seems most appropriate with typical competition
from
Tailwind (Capri 25),
Makima (T-bird),
Honey Bee
(Ranger 26),
Iskra (S2 8.0),
Necessary Evil (Catalina 30), and
several J22s.
