For some, the midwinters begins with the warm-up regatta the weekend prior which this year is at Davis Island YC. We decided to skip this one since 6 days of sailing in a 7 day stretch loses appeal quickly. Instead we got a sort of early start and landed at the Squadron late Saturday afternoon. One pleasant development is the powers at the Squadron have cleared an area of old boats and are designating it the RV area. Sweet! Electrical hookups are rumored to be on the way soon, so that will even be even cooler.
We mostly chilled on Sunday but did find the time for a two hour-ish sail. Pretty nice to get out and do a little sailing for a change. Most of the last few regattas have included little or no sailing.
Monday was the final check-in day and last we heard we have about 60 boats or so. Not too bad all things considered. We also had a practice race on the schedule which became interesting as it breezed up a little and a couple boats capsized. Some of us finished at about the time a freakish monster powerboat wake was blocking the finish line. We saw a couple boats ahead of us hobby horsing there way through but I didn't expect to plunge the bow three times. Lots of water to bail later!
We volunteered to help coordinate the welcome party Monday night and were happy it went off well. All of the local Sarasota fleet members signed up to bring a dish and they did an awesome job!!!!! We definitely out-fooded the gang this year, and it was good.
The forecast for the week is for a front to come through Tuesday and for a breezy few days to follow.
Some quotes for the day;
-The official videographer said "you probably passed more boats than anyone out there" real meaning is you were behind a shitload of boats.
-Brian Hayes said hello and casually mentioned "saw you reaching around the course today"
-Opti dad talking about his parental powerboat (full of gouges) "Optis are perfect gelcoat removers"
-From Ryan our sailmaker "So, do you ever thinking about taking a third crew?"
Out.
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