Our judge Tom set up the Olympic course with great care and his boat rocked like he was dancing with the Stars.
A few minutes before the start we all tried to get to the best positions but Brian and his crew beat us all with a fantastic start and took off as never before with Rick and Marcus on his stern and Rich close behind. Henk and Wenona almost missed the start line but made it by two foot and went in pursuit of the front runners and Rodger and Nabil with his crew closed the ranks.
Unfortunately Byron had a problem with his rudder so he, his family and guests had to go back to shore to take care of their problem.
Arriving at the first buoy Rick had taken the lead and rounded buoy One first, Henk was unable to close the gap only just after the next rounding where after he took over the lead and that stayed that way until the end of the race. Rich with only his main sail over took Brian and finished second, Brian third and Rick fourth than Rodger and Nabil took the last place.
It was a first time we sailed with so much wind at Lake Calhoun and we all felt we accomplished something.
Thanks guys. See you next race at Saturday September 12.
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