The day was July 3 and as you would expect it was HOT in steamy Tampa. We do a mid afternoon start to give a the sea breeze a chance to develop, but it was a little late in arriving. It wasn't exactly a drifter but it was close, the puffs may have been 5 or 6 knots and the lulls were next to nothing.
Tom Taylor was good enough to RC for us and he kicked it off with a few practice starts. Then we did some 4 leg W/L races with the Lintons enjoying some bullets.
Note the smokestacks in the background...
What's this? A new boat for us.
A puff would be really nice right about now.
After 3 races the gang of about 10 Scots along with a 420 and Windmill had had enough, it was pool time. While putting the boats away the term "Africa hot" was discussed and while Paul agreed he quickly added that Africa has less humidity.
So it was off to the pool with a short detour at the outdoor Tiki bar. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
After an hour or so of sipping cocktails in the pool a few of us decided on a format change. For the August gathering we will convene in the pool at 3 pm. that way we can carefully consider whether we remain there or go sailing. Yeah right!
Good luck Amy and Jeff!
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