Last Saturday August 15th, we completed an other Keelboat race on Lake Calhoun.
The weather was great with winds gusted up to 25 knots, after Larry ferried us to our boats, four skippers lined up for the start.
We where happy to see that Brian was able to re launch his boat on time after repairing a leak. Rich had his own little problem. Rick was back with a new crew member.
We all had a good start and close together we all set course to round the first buoy.
Henk and Wenona had to work hard to keep their boat in line witch leaned over up to 40 degrees one time but where able to make distance between the rest of the fleet and kept it until the end of the race.
Brian and Alberto came in second and Rich third.
To our surprise we all saw Rick turning towards the dock as he forgot he had one more leg to go so he closed the ranks on fourth place.
We had a great race with the challenge of sailing stronger winds and had to work hard that left us all with a satisfied feeling.
Back at the dock we had our after-sail discussions of what we did right or wrong before going our separate ways.
A personal thank to our judge Dale who set up the Olympic course the way only he could.
See you at the next race Saturday August 29th.
