Still lots of time for Nick and Frank (864) to get used to each other in their first-ever sail together. The ultimate C Scow winner,
Andy Burdick in V45 is just keeping his clear air after a nice, safe start - despite LD 100 having been over early (OCS).

"Look, ma, no hands!" Nick gets a reading of the time left from Marc. At this point, it was time to put the camera away and contemplate the start strategy. Al and Marc decided to hang around the windward third of the line to see how things shaped up. most of the sailors were far from being in mid-season form. They drifted away from the very favoured RC Boat end and left a nice spot for Al who started in great shape once he had convinced Mike Murto not to "barge". Near the windward mark, it appeared that the boats who had gone left would do well, with Gale Shoemaker and Don Poosch coming in on port in the lead. As I recall however, a late shift gave the lead back to Al who subsequently pulled away from the spinnaker-less Gale. After a less than spectacular first beat, Nick was able to unleash Wayfarer Man and his spinnaker. They had just moved into second when they paid the price for refusing to read the SI's. They sailed through the forbidden Start-Finish zone and then had to go back around when a kind-hearted competitor informed them of their faux pas!

and everyone had to keep a good lookout as the Scows were running but the W's reaching across here!

With a Scow straggler there to make life interesting, Gale Shoemaker starts the final run in 2nd place, just ahead of Hubert and Phyllis Dauch (black hull) and Hank Van Twyver. Nick has recovered into 5th place and is about to round onto the run ahead of the first of the single-handers, Butch Minson.