Flying Scots and The Florida District: Day 2 of Racing? Perhaps

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Day 2 of Racing? Perhaps

A beautiful sunrise Sunday morning

Another early am shot of the cove just before the RC assembled and departed

Sunday, October 10, 2010
Wife Husband Regatta, Day 2 of Racing?

Oh, we had to wake up early!! The Race Committee moved the starting time up to 9:00 am! Our boat was overnighting in the water, so all we had to do was ready ourselves, put the sails on and go.
Unfortunately, the "go" part was none too fast...The best wind of the day may have been when we left the dock.

We spent a couple of hours floating around chatting with folks. There was enough wind to sail by the stern of the committee boat to check in, but not much else. Joe and Stacey Brake came by with Tom Lawton on their super-cool flats boat, probably the most appropriate watercraft on the lake today.

Stacy and Joe Brake loading up on the FS paraphanalia for their new son

They had traveled for just today, as Stacey's brother was married yesterday. Baby Beau is due in early January and Stacey looks and feels great. We agree with Stacey when she says, "I don't know many Beaus, but the ones I know I like!" Speaking of names, we spent a little time discussing the name of 4901. Greased Pig might be a contender, if we could just get it to go faster! Some bacon derivatives were also suggested, everything goes better with bacon.

10:30 The RC Boat sounded the horn and raised the flag to send us in.

Another great idea formulated on the water - a Bar Boat! In times like these, a Bloody Mary or a refreshing Gin and Tonic sounds quite nice. The guys on the pin boat thought so, too.

1:45 pm Awards done, boats packed, on the road. Another beautiful, sunshiney day. Interestingly, we have not seen any clouds the entire time we've been here. The trees are just starting to turn color. Again, the folks at LNYC are excellent hosts, and the winning couple, locals Larry and Carla Vitez gave a very nice speech.

The winners; Carla and Larry Vitez!!

The central theme being how sailing the Scot together builds a marriage. She recalled some very special couples who have been influential in their fleet and the class. Very nice.

John Wake seems to make an impression whenever he sails here.

Our friends Sharon and John Wake from Fishing Bay YC

The whole capsizing thing, which was Hans's fault, we know, we don't have to mention again, (others seem to often enough). This time, he had a little incident with the boat on the ramp (shhhh! Don't tell Travis). At least we know there's nothing wrong with the rollers and you don't have to push very hard to launch the thing. Lucky Dog was certainly lucky AND still fast. A little gelcoat work on the transom and centerboard, and she'll be as good as new. It didn't seem to affect their ability to glide through the water, John and Sharon were at the top mark on the first beat in fine form and finished 4th overall and first in the highly contested First Timer's Trophy.

Paul and Leslie Silvernail not only got second, but also an addition to their masthead safety gear for the ride home. (Bikini bottoms found by Andy and Lisa! Hee hee! We are so mischievous when not sailing!

Last night also belonged to air hockey and ping pong - speaking of activities while not sailing! If we hadn't been able to sail at least one race, it may have come down to tournament play at the clubhouse.

Paul and Jeff going at it

Even though we didn't do a lot of racing, we are not disappointed in the trip. Never expected such a lack of wind in October, but we'll certainly come back for another regatta!