First Race of the 2008 Season

On Friday, July 18th we finally mustered a crew and made it to the race course. The course for the night was our middle distance race, from a start just north of the Main Gap to the South Shore Bell Buoy and back. The conditions for the race were iffy from shore as there was no wind and it was hot, as soon as we motored through the North Gap, we found a cool SSE wind blowing at about 10 knots and calm seas. We had a good start, third over the line and held our way during the race and maintained a second place position in our division until the moment when we were about 1/2 mile from the finish and the wind stopped! We bobbed on the lake for about 30 minutes with the other boats, not making any headway and watching our masthead fly going around in circles trying to catch any semblence of a puff or breeze with no success. We finally decided to start up the iron genny and crossed the finish line under power to at least say that we finished the race. Shortly after, the committee called the race and all boats that were stuck in the calm (along with the B'haven), were awarded DNF's for the night. Still, a night on the lake beats a day at work anytime! Thanks to the crew of Katlyn, Hayden, and Dave for making the night a success.