We are back home with FS 4901 and a pile of soaked sails to dry out. The drive home was uneventful which is good. We stopped for dinner Sunday and got a room without using Priceline which seemed a little wasteful with the good luck we've had. We arrived home early afternoon today to sunny weather and an expected high of 82 degrees, quite a change from Lake Norman.
Weather aside, we loved the club and could add that area to our ever growing list of summer getaway spots! We plan to return there again next fall for the FSSA Wife/Husband Regatta scheduled for October 9 and 10, 2010.
If you would like to see a little video clip from Sunday's race, here you go. It was taken from the clubhouse so it is a little far off but well worth watching.
One observation from being there and watching the video is Allan Terhune's (FS5761) technique is great in all conditions. This regatta really was a battle for second, third, etc, the winner was never in question.
The "Oops" boat in the video was our new boat which was being sailed by Hans Nordanus and John Wake. Hans was kind enough to bring the boat from Annapolis to LNYC where I could pick it up and take it back home to FL. It was good to see them going fast, hopefully I'll be able to do the same. Sadly, we discovered the mast was bent from the capsize, it is a gradual bend just below the topping lift tang. Harry Carpenter has a reputation for being an expert "mast straightener" so we will be calling on him in the near future. I am fairly certain it can be made good as new.
A limerick (inspired by Amy Miller) in honor of it all...
Scot racing at Lake Norman was grand
On Sunday it got out of hand
John and Hans went for a swim
From a boat owned by Dave and Kim
At least the mast didn't get stuck in the sand.
2 comments:
well done, loved the video. was that gary jobson on the commentary?
Not going there!
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