Were we having fun yet? Yep, I think everyone had a good time. Attendance was excellent with 11 boats! Thanks for showing up. Too bad if you didn't make it...it was great to have that many boats out at once. Good times and good sailing! Weather turned out to be very tolerable...a few drops, but we sought shelter under the Centennial roof when it got wet. That worked well... Winds were perfect from the south at 5-8 mph. Buoys were set at about 9:00 and adjusted only once during the day. We almost started the event on time, but we needed to discuss how we wanted to run this event. The consensus was to race. So that's what we did...19 races for the day. I also mentioned that rules would not be enforced, so just sail and sail and sail...and try not to hit anyone. There were some incidents of plastic on plastic...nothing serious. Morning racing started around 10:00 with lunch at 11:30 (that's when the air died). Winds came back in the afternoon and racing continued from about 12:30 to 3:00.

During the entire day, only four boats got hung up on the rocks. Other than that we had no problems other than replacing batteries. Since I was trying to document this event with photos and really enjoyed watching, I probably participated in only 5 races all day. That gave a few guys a chance to test their skills with old #5. Miki sailed it all morning then Eric and another mariner part of the afternoon. Tony, Judd and Paul also shared their boats. Getting new sailors into Fairwind racing was part of the goal...maybe it worked!? Fred sailed all 19 races with the majority of racers sailing 15-16 heats. If a boat didn't race, only a blank was entered...no penalty! Thanks to Dale Johnson for coming down to take even more photos. Maybe we'll have to hold this outing a couple times next year...? See PHOTOS for more shots .