Piggy's Last Stand

We were talking about the competition assembling for the Miami Regatta, the first in the FL State Series, and we wondered if we would be using it as our throw out.

Robby Brown, with Nate V crewing, Mark and Tom Taylor would be tough, Ron P with Chuck –a dangerous team—it wasn't going to be easy, especially if it blew! We also thought the Pardeys were coming, a last minute injury to Marshall kept them away. Eleven boats in all, it was great to see some new faces!

On Saturday morning, the race committee did a great job being patient, and waiting for the breeze to arrive. Several of us went swimming during the postponement – the heat was beastly. We made the serious miscalculation of bringing too little to drink, note to self, fix that for Sunday. We ended up getting in three races on Saturday – light air of like 5 to 10, unless you are Mark Taylor, then it was much less! Good conditions for us lightweights and we somehow managed to get 3 bullets. Quite exciting and very surprising.

It was nice to get back to the dock to a waiting keg and out of the blazing sun. Maybe it was just me but I was really hot, a little dehydrated and somewhat lightheaded. After spending some time near the keg and in the shade I was feeling a little more normal. Our host, Larry Whipple, directed us to "The Grove" and the Barracuda Bar where we had some excellent food, would have liked to explore more, but the sun had done an effective job of zapping our energy. Next time!

Sunday morning, on our way out, we observed that it was 9:30 and already quite warm. The wind filled in, the race committee chased it, and got in 2 more races. It didn't seem as hot as saturday since there was a little more cloud cover and maybe a tad more wind, we'll call it 5 to 10 again.

Holy crap, we won those, too! What the hell!? The full results are on the Florida District website

Some of you may know that we have been discussing the idea of getting a newer boat since old Pig Pen is old and overweight. This probably foolish idea has been under our consideration on and off for a year or more but more seriously since the NAC. In fact, recently we decide to purchase another boat but we don't actually have possession yet. The plan is we will try the new boat for a while and see if we miraculously become better sailors! After this scientific evaluation period we will sell one of the boats.

Obviously, Pig Pen overheard the rumors that a new boat is on the horizon, and the Pig is making a last ditch effort to avoid being replaced. Afterall, who could sell a boat that just one five out of five? Hmmm....