Saturday was another beautiful day for racing. The winds were out of the west, right down the lake, actually more down the two sides of the lake as the middle was not always an easy place to be. Strength was light 4-6 mph for the morning race and nicer in the afternoon, 6-10 mph. Both races were a 2 1/2.

 

Today belonged to the two Minnatonka yachts, Rob Evans and Tom Burton. They didn't win either race but were the most consistent with a 4, 2 for Evans and a 5, 3 for Burton.  The rest of the days previous leaders all had a rough time in one of the races. I saw Dave Ullman in  last place at one time in the first race and he won the second race - typical of a Blue Chip regatta. Vincent Porter was in last place for much of the second after hitting the weather mark the first time up, and then shrimping his spinnaker at the second upwind mark set, and then he ran over it and had it stuck under the leeboard. Jim Gluek (V-751) was first around in the second race and then was nearly last around later in the race only to come back to 10th place. It is nice to come back but it can't be enough to erase the frustrations of dropping to the back of the fleet.

 

The most motivated sailors were Walter Prause (SC-3). Pat Heaney (H-13), Tim Sugar, (H-8), and I-71 boat with substitue skipper Pat Doran - they were in  last place going into the days racing. Tonight the last place boat has the honor of doing the legenary 'bar walk'. Interestingly they each had one of their best races today. But for Walter Prause and crew it wasn't quite enough. I suspect they are making a trip to Walmart to buy a new "uniform" for the bar walk. 

 

The results of the top boats after five races:

 

Ted Beier just sent a note to me saying the Carlyle Siver Cup regatta has been cancelled for this year. They will try again next year. The regatta is usuallly held the first weekend of October.