Sunday,
June 27, 2004
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After 23
boats raced on June 13 -- on June 27 twelve boats showed up and were on the
water at 1pm when a storm blew up and lightning started flashing within two miles.
The Race Committee made the call to head back to MYC and postpone for an
hour. Some folks folded up and headed home. The hardy sailors stuck
it out and were rewarded when at 2:15 the word was out that the race was on!
Nine boats hit the water for the second time and had a good time in 10-14 knot
winds racing on a triangle for the first two races and a windward/leeward for
the last two races.
Tight racing was the order of the day with the fleet finishing in a
flourish. There were four people who had never sailed small boats helping
on the race committee. Four of the sailors conspired to come by the
committee boat after the last race and take them aboard. The skippers put
the novices at the helm for the ride back to the club.
Thanks go out to Chris Gates, Chris Lowrie, Dave Silverman, and James Lieble
for putting themselves and their boats at risk in the hands of the
newbies. The result is that all four newcomers are now signed up to take
the MYC sailing classes. Well, three out of the four. The fourth is
hooked on race committee work. Hurray! John is training his
replacements so he can go back to racing after three years of being lazy on the
RC boat.
Special thanks to Steve Shippee and his wife for coming out with their
Irvin 30 "Cool Change" to be the RC boat. Two weeks ago, Steve
stepped up to be the RC boat on the spur of the moment when one of the MYC
powerboats suffered a hardware failure. He enjoyed watching the small
boats blasting around and offered his time to be the RC boat for the Small Boat
Sundays. Thanks again Steve and we're looking forward to seeing you in
two weeks.
I keep trying to let other folks know that these small boat races are the best
show in town. Then the brick pit is lit for you to cook what ya brung and
the bar is opened for you to get lit.
Next race Sunday, July 8 - 1pm