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August 14, 2005
Great racing. The wind started out very light, and Gia and Luigi walked away
with the first race because just a few minutes after the start, they
tacked way out to the left to catch the wind line. Nobody
followed. They caught it and rounded the first mark as everyone
else sat in the doldrums. They were on the way back from the
second mark, by the time the rest of the fleet made it to the
first mark. They lapped the fleet! 
The course had to be
shortened, and it started to get worrisome, because it looked like the
wind might not come at all. We sat around and waited, but it just
wasn't to be. The race committee sent everyone in for lunch and- of
course, the wind came in. And the wind stayed. Solid wind for the rest of the afternoon made for fun
racing, good
starts, and increasingly close competition. Gia and Luigi were right on the line with an excelent start in the secod race, but it was no walk in the park. By the time they got to the top mark, there was a traffic jam. Competition was tight! It was really great to see the level of competition so high. It was such a pleasant surprise!
The wind picked up even more in the next race, and the competition was tighterstill. Gaye and Charlie port tacked the fleet at the start, and although it seems impossible in this picture, they made it through.
There was clearly more wind outside though, so they tacked out anyway.
It was neck and neck, with Gia keeping just ahead at the top mark, then down to the bottom mark where it looks like charlie is trying to tie paper cups to gias rudders. :-)
Our former sponsor, SMART, is still getting good mileage out of these bouys. Anybody want to sponsor?
At this point, Maria and Fernando were only a few seconds behind. But Fernando, being the quintesential Spanish gentleman that he is, decided that Maria was catching up too quickly, so he decided that a swim would be a good idea. :-)
Thus giving our old sponsor even more Mileage. Thank you Fernando, SMART loves you!
But it didnt take much time before they got going again!
And the rest of the fleet was right behind!
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After all the races were done and the scores tallied, The "Three "G"s had won. Gia and Luigi first, Germaine and Mike second, and Gaye and Charlie Third. I'm really looking forward to next year!
These pictures, and a whole lot of others, are available on a cd at the club. These pics on the website are all reduced, cropped and otherwise degraded so it won't take a week to display the page . The pics on the cd are the original size.
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