Sunday, April 26, 2026
Posted are the results of our last Sunday sailing for the season. Thank you to Jane for keeping the scores and with help provided by Mary & Suz.
Happy was the acting Race director. He set the course and handicapped starting times with the objective of having close finishes. For the first race Bruce left at the "30 seconds until mark" point. Paul and I were allowed to start at 10 seconds until mark and Rocky and Harry started on the mark. I had trouble with race 1 and finished dead last by a large margin. In races 2,3, and 4, Happy adjusted the handicaps and we had some fun close finishes. But Paul and I were finishing ahead of Harry and Rocky. So the last 2 races were unhandicapped. We all started on the mark. That put Rocky and Harry back at the front. Bruce let his grandson sail the last race.
After the boats were pulled Harry brought out a cooler full of Stone Crab Claws. He got busy cracking them and the rest of us got busy enjoying them.
I mentioned my wife Mary joined us for the end of season event. Bruce also had guests, his son, daughter, and 2 grandsons with him. The oldest grandson was also becoming an official TEENAGER, celebrating his 13th birthday. It was great to have them join us. And we all enjoyed the crab.
Well, it was a fun finish to a fun season of racing sailboats on Marco Island.
Best wishes to Terry and Linda who left early to get medical treatment up north.
Tuesday at 10 AM Paul and Rocky will be bringing in the marks. They could use some help launching and returning the boat. They should not be trying to launch the boat with just the two of them. Please let them or me know if you can help Tuesday.
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Don Armstrong
Commodore
PS...Joel we will be glad to have you sailing with us again next season.
PPS...Things may need to change a bit next season. The house being built behind the Cale Model Yacht Sailing Center has a roof on it and will likely be occupied by Fall. Rocky has been maintaining communications with the owner and we want to be good neighbors.
