Sunday Sailings

Wonderful B sail breeze and sunshine.  Happy set the course starting from the left start line across in front of us to the far right white mark, up to green as an offset, back across to the far left white, and finish at the center start line.  Races were fairly fast and fun with many close finishes.  Fun at least until we started to pull the boats out.  Then dark clouds moved in fast and a cold gusty front arrived within minutes.

Don Harthorn's son Steve was sailing his boat.

Thanks to Paul for keeping the hose and sprayer, and washing down the dock.

Thanks to Rocky for securing the center starting line red mark and cleaning off the club boat.  Terry was not able to sail today but he is working on the details of the club regatta.  I hope to get more information on that out to the club in another email soon.

Thanks to Jane for recording the race finishes for all eight races by herself.

I  forgot to congratulate Richard, the new Skipper of the week.  He and Bob both sailed really well.  The rest of us had many close finishes but those two were usually well out front.

So, Richard is next week's race director, setting the course and creating fun events.

--Don Armstrong

Don't forget THURSDAYS-- Fun sailing begins at 2:00

Great to hear from Roger.  I also arrived in FL yesterday, and a few weeks ago Bruce called me to say he is ready to start sailing any time.  So with Rocky and I we should be able get a small fleet going. The sailing marks are stored in the park building.  Rocky is going to check with the City this week to confirm when we can get them out.  As soon as that's done we plan to schedule a work day to to get the marks out. I'll put out an email as soon as we know the date.

I goodly number of other members have emailed all of us stating when they expect to be back on Marco. It looks as though we will have an active fleet again in late '25  through early 2026. 

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