Still Hot, Hot, Too Hot!

We had to endure one more day with thermometers climbing to ninety before the heat and humidity finally broke. For the previous three days, the rain gods threatened to wash out the August 9 Soling regatta, but they held a meeting Monday night and voted to offer a rain-free Tuesday afternoon. They forgot to tell the wind god about providing ideal conditions, however. The prediction was for air moving at nine miles per hour. Yeh, right. If the velocity rose to six miles per hour twice, that was saying a lot! For that reason, we chose the normal course but eliminated the last inside buoy.

Eighteen skippers braved the heat for a nine-race regatta. Only five from the Master Class participated, but the Sailor Class was well represented with thirteen.

The afternoon started with an award for Bruce Wilhelm’s first Soling win in Race 2 the previous week. Congratulations, Bruce! The afternoon ended with more applause for the presentation of another first-win award, this one going to Clint Wolcott, who crossed the finish line first in Race 1, Race 5, and Race 7. The prizes were commemorative belt buckles donated by Anthony Quinn.