Team Paradise's 2.4mR boats are back sailing in Miami, as Daniel Evans is preparing for the IFDS (International Federation for Disabled Sailing) Worlds in Weymouth, (UK) in July. The air and water temperatures are sizzling hot, but once out on Biscayne Bay, the breeze is cooling us off. Casey Rudick is our latest addition of a full-time volunteer. He did fantastic on his first time in a 2.4mR, sailing in Miami against Daniel and myself. Casey was in David Schroeder's old boat, which is still going strong. He was blazing fast upwind!
Wednesday Night Racing did not materialize last week due to threatening thunder and lighting storms. The Race Committee was between a rock and a hard place in deciding weather to sail or not, but I think that we made a vise and mature decision in staying ashore. There is always another Wednesday to go sailing.
The Youth Summer Camp is now in full swing at ShakeA-Leg Miami and kids are literary everywhere. We have moved our Sonars further up the ramp in order to accommodate for dinghies and kayaks. Our coach boat and a couple of Sonars are stored behind the hangar building and will see limited use until the youth camp is over. What use to take 1/2 hour to launch is now about twice as long and hauling/cleaning/covering takes more than an hour per boat.