The course was Start - Barge Buoy - Freighter - Finish.
Well the day started off cold and miserable. I climbed into the cabin of the WEASEL and looked outside. The rain was coming down and False Creek looked dead. I had been leaving the heater on in the boat now that it was winter time and found it quite cozy. Putting off getting out into the rain I fired up the stove and brewed a pot of coffee.
Fatty had already bailed out last night because he had to make wedding invitations (I hope he remembers the Cyanide Pills under his collar). D-Hog had decided to ride a ATV off of a cliff and was recovering from a torn hamstring. Despite this I had Curt-Ass, Mike, and Three new crew so I would be okay.
As I started to get ready Mike texts me and bails, bastard! Curtis and Michelle, one of the new people that responded to my post on craigslist showed up. Then we waited. The other two were no shows. So with our much reduced crew we set about rigging the boat. The rain then started to let up.
The start time was delayed as the committee boat was unable to find the proper signals to announce the course. After some confusion we were off. For once SEA WEASEL had a great start and made it across the line within seconds of the start horn with only SHAPAW ahead of us. We made a good run to the first mark, the barge buoy, in 2nd and 3rd place in our division.
We rounded the mark and took our time putting up the chute to make sure there were no mistakes. The hoist went well and we headed into shore. I thought we should follow the faster boats who followed the traditional recommendation to go for the shore. SARANDIS and SHAPAW headed out towards the middle of the bay. KLATAWA and DESIDERATA were both further behind and not making good progress. It was quickly clear that the wind was favouring the centre of the bay as opposed to being close into shore. We gybed and headed out for the freighter, the 2nd mark, but any hope of catching the others was gone. After rounding the freater we set off for the finish with our sails close hauled.
In the end we finished in 3rd place behind SHAPAW and SARANDIS, and beating KLATAWA and DESIDERATA.
Series Results So Far:
SHAWPA (1)
SARANDIS (2)
SEA WEASEL (3)
DESIDERATA (4)
KLATAWA (5)
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