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Calling in sick.<br />
distance of the first place boat And so it went. Ferguson<br />
grabbed the honors with Johnson as the bridesmaid followed<br />
by Burton, Andy Bw-dick (I-45) and Allen. The finishers<br />
dashed to the yacht club to grab some lunch after race one.<br />
(Incidentally, Johnson and Ferguson also djd well in the race<br />
to the yacht club for lunch.)<br />
After a healthy lunch break, including fresh fruit and vegetables,<br />
the fleet launched for the next race. The second race<br />
started very similarly to the first with the fleet making an<br />
open division between the north and south shores; however,<br />
the south shore provided the more favorable shifts this race.<br />
At the top mark Tim Regan (W-30) rounded on Dave<br />
Magno's (lA-99) tail, but soon passed Magno to take the<br />
early lead. Regan would never see the pack again. When<br />
asked how he did it, Regan simply smiled and said of his first<br />
beat, 'We went from the leeward end (of the starting line)<br />
and two tacked it, us and Magno." If the left side came out<br />
way ahead, then the right side saw exactly the opposite. It<br />
was such a radical split that three packs developed and the<br />
scows raced for top honors in their prospective fleet Regan<br />
won the most important one with Magno, John Ruff (V-88),<br />
and Ferguson rounding out the top four. The Race<br />
Committee called it a day as the sun started to set.<br />
With the long day of sailing behind them, the sailors<br />
returned to their abodes and scrubbed up for the night's festivities.<br />
The evening's meal and Annual Meeting on the club's<br />
tennis courts (which probably proved to Runnie Colle that<br />
tennis courts do have a use at yacht clubs) aroused many<br />
sailors. For example, Brad Robinson told the fleet about a<br />
new flotation pad which slips over the head of the sail in a<br />
similar fashion to a ... (well, you know what I mean). This dis-<br />
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cussion, as well as the need for a bar,<br />
prompted people to return to Baker's<br />
Bar where some crews reassessed<br />
their priorities and others set new<br />
goals. One crew in particular was Dave<br />
Magno, James Maida, John Applegate,<br />
and Leah Wagner, who with a 7 and a 2<br />
were shaping up as a force to be reckoned<br />
with. Amidst all of the bar chat<br />
George Welch, Jr. made a profound<br />
comment, "Tilis is a regatta of the people;<br />
there will be not domination by factory<br />
teams." The first day of races<br />
showed hints of tills theory. Yet, not<br />
until the last day of the regatta would<br />
this be proven true.<br />
The middle day of racing started<br />
out slow because of a postponement.<br />
This gave people the opportunity to<br />
look over tl1e] ohnson 18 and play<br />
some volleyball. Yet these activities did<br />
not last for long. In spite of the slow<br />
start, the day would provide excellent<br />
racing as the top of the fleet stayed<br />
very close together on the scoreboard.<br />
The first race saw light and shifty racing conditions. The<br />
breeze began from the north and built all day, with the favorable<br />
shlfts coming from the right as the day advanced. After<br />
a lap around, Lon Schoor (H-7) made a brave move to the<br />
right side of the course, effectively took advanl
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