Friday, September 23, 2011

Fall Racing Series

Race #3

Peter puts out the email:

Wednesday night 6:30 PM start at the bridge with two courses, one short and one longer.  Boats with a rating above 200 sail to Red 52 (a distance of 4.5 miles).  Boats with a sub 200 rating sail to Red 54.  We should all finish at roughly the same time(theoretically).

The only takers:  Al & Patty on their way back home from a week's sailing trip plan to meet us at the bridge at 6:00.  There is rain and a good deal of naysaying.  Would they even get there on time?  Finally we see the beautiful Westsail pause briefly at the bridge.  By the time we hop in the cockpit and begin to back out of the slip, they are in the marina.  It is 6:15 and we face the start line alone.

The wind was non-existent and I took many photos.