January 25, 2026
We started with 9 boats in heavy C sail winds. At times the wind was too much even for the C sails. Terry had a great start with first place finishes in 3 of the first 4 races. Unfortunately, he was not feeling well and had to withdraw. T stopped sailing and assisted Terry until his wife arrived. The heavy winds stressed the boats and Happy and Bob had boat problems late in the series. That left just 5 boats sailing the last three races. Those still racing had the benefit of low scores. In the end I finished just one point ahead of Harry to claim Skipper of the Week. What a crazy sailing day.
Special thanks to: 1) Harry for arriving early and washing the duck droppings off the dock. 2) Jane and Joanne for recording the scores. 3) Paul for rescuing my grounded boat from the near shore and agreeing to wash the dock down next week while Harry is away. 4) T's wonderful selfless support for Terry and others. 5) Harry (again) for volunteering to get our sessions listed in the Marco Island activities calendar. What a wonderful group!
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Don Armstrong
Don't forget THURSDAYS-- Fun sailing begins at 2:00
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Don Armstrong
Sailors are coming back to Marco
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.