"Best" Wednesday Night Racing
Danny improving Sonar transfer bench, while Adrea is watching
Casey, fit to work inside a 2.4mR
Magnus preparing new Sonar tiller
Writing a weekly blog helps me to reflect on what we accomplished for the week. What used to be a one-man show is no longer so. I get help from several sources and it makes my work a lot easier. Casey Rudick and Daniel Evans comes to work every day. Other volunteers help us one, or two days per week, or show up when the work-load is stacked, like when 5-8 boats needs to be launched, hauled and cleaned. It would be hard, if not impossible, to function without them.
The main excitement for the week was sailing on Biscayne Bay in the Wednesday Night Racing (WNR) series. Last week was the best one yet. Why? We had four Sonars and six Freedoms and five Snipes out racing in near ideal conditions. Jonas Roddenberry and I had to fill in as Race Committee to make it all happen. We set a nice long weather leg and sent the Sonars on a two-lapper. The Freedoms followed, and then the Snipes, both sailing one lap only. We managed to get the Snipes off for a second race before the Freedoms finished and the we started them again before the Sonars finished. There was little or no waiting around, loosing valuable daylight hours. To sum up the evening, we did a great job :)! (for years and years I have whitenessed Race Committees congratulate themselves on a job well done. Never thought that I would become one of them, but I did, at least for now).
The Italian, fully adapted, catamaran "lo Spirito di Stella" has been docked at Shake-A-Leg for nearly two months. Andrea Stella, who became disabled when shot and robbed in Ft. Lauderdale ten years ago is now circum navigating the world in this tremendous vessel. I'm stoked, because Team Paradise is coming along for the ride. Our branding was attached to the cabin wall and is now proudly displayed by his team.
Additional good news is that the phone keeps ringing and our sailing school is taking off. I could not have hoped for a better development, especially since the middle of summer is here and many sailors have escaped north. The WNR spring series is soon over and we near our Base Camp summer break. Mom, here I come!
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