Gator Bowl, Day 2

We were thinking that early morning rain would totally suck so when we woke up at the hotel and saw a lot of light peaking through the curtains we were hopeful. We pulled back the curtains and.... Blue Sky! Sweet! Some cool weather is much easier to take if the sun is out and it is not windy either.

We arrived at the club around 8 to get ready for the 10 am start and as we were all leaving the dock the clouds came and breeze filled in.


Still having some issues with the red gust line, I guess

Just before the start we saw Rob Smith capsize while singlehanding again. Being fairly close to the bridge this had the ugly potential going big time. Rob reacted quickly and was over the high side and standing on the board. In what seemed like record time he had the boat coming upright and he climbed in and seemed to be dry. We were impressed! We also hoped he would head back to the club since the breeze was building and it was too much to singlehand. Thankfully, he did.

We left off yesterday with Jeff Linton leading Al Terhune by 2 points but that lead was cut in half when Al won the first race with Jeff second. The last race would decide the winner and Al jumped out to an aerly lead. At the top mark Al was first and Jeff was back in fifth or sixth but Jeff made up ground on the run then rounded the left gate and banged the right side hard. We were shocked to see him cruising back in on starboard and he crossed the leaders by a healthy margin. The run was uneventful, Jeff got the bullet and Al was second. It was an incredible turn around to see. Congrads to the winners and thanks from Wally Gator who has grown fond of Davis Island.

It was also nice to see several new scot owners along with a good group from outside the District. I'll get some results up soon.