The last day of racing

Everyone was awake early and in the water. It's serious, and this is the last day to make the regatta. With only 2 races completed, the RC needs one more to constitute a regatta. They extended the time frame till 3:00 pm, to make sure they get it. Turns out, we raced 3, 4 leg races today. Downwind finishes are our fave, and we had a pretty good day in building 4-6-8 kt breeze. Its kind of strange that we have once again finished 11th at the NAC, third time in four tries. team Tampa had a good time of it with 3 in the top 10 and 5 in the top 13 or something like that. The RC did their best to make good courses, but maybe a little too much time between races getting everything, "just right."
Jeff and Amy Linton prevailed, so happy for them!! two in a row!!

We decided to hit the road before awards, since the ceremony was taking some time to get started and we were anxious to see the girls and get home tomorrow.
Unfortunately , the highway gods had other plans for us. About 12-15 mi down the road from the club, Dave started feeling some resistance on the right side front brake. When we weren't able to roll downhill, and it was pulling hard to the right, we decided it might be time to stop and further assess the situation. Sitting on the side of the road, nervous about the RV and the boat, Chris and Monica Morgan were the first to stop to offer assist. We were on the phone with the roadside assistance people and thought they would send a tow quickly to the nearest Ford dealer, or RV service center. Sadly, they had some misinformation regarding the tow companies who actually tow RVs and service centers who service said RVs. Kreidler was the next poor sod to come along and stop to offer assist. By then, we realized the roadside assistance co was of little help, and we were making other plans. With 3 smart phones and an iPad, we were able to rule out some other tow companies and convince a Ford dealer in Huntersville to work on the RV. After this amount of time, (2hours) the brakes cooled off enough that we were able to drive the 2 miles to the dealer. Kreidler dropped his boat off at a parking lot nearby, and towed our boat to the dealer, as well. Gosh, what a fortunate series of events. Conveniently, a Best Western is located across the street from the dealer, and we are comfy and cool in our post-pool and beer temporary location. Hope to have the rig fixed in the morning sometime, but we'll probably only make it part of the way home, as it would be poor form to wake the Dogsitter up at midnight to get the girls. Miss them so much, but glad they didn't have to play this game, although the Best Western would have been happy to accommodate them, too, for a nominal fee.
So, didn't quite make it as far as we thought we might today, but, for this to happen, it probably occurred at the best time in the best place.

We will see what happens in the am.