Thursday, February 14, 2008

Part Deaux: Saturday Night & The Finns..

I left you at the peak of our quest for a shower - we came in off a frustrating Scot sail (is there any other kind?) and a godsend named Louise let us into her house for a well needed hot shower. Feeling like normal people again, we headed back to NOYC. Jeff had some American Brown in a keg down in dry storage, which was pretty much a hit. We checked on our results (nondescript for us, Fairhope in 4th) and glanced at the Finns (one of our CA neighbours was winning at that point). We headed to the French Quarter, did a good hike around downtown, and ate at a great place called the Alpine. Among other high points were the hurricanes and hang grenades.. by the time we got back to the yacht club, I was done, and apparently the debauchery kept rolling in the bar (the Finn sailors are nothing but bad influences). I was woken only by our CA neighbours rolling in at 4am, and then by the wind.

Sunday dawned bright and early, with wind and a great sky, and the sailing was good from that point on. Although I forgot to put in the plug when I put the Scot in the water, all seemed to be forgiven and I went and got to hang out on the Finn committee boat. It was actually a pretty cool experience, SYC has the procedure down, and I got a schooling in not only race committee, but true sailing tactics when one of the Canaliens and Brian Boyd decided to do some match racing for the tie. It was pretty cool, I got some amazing photos, and had a great time all the way around. I got back to NOYC, Jeff and Jim did better (10, 5, 8) and they were excited. We hung out with the Wainrights and had a good time pretty much the whole way home.

In conclusion -

The Finns outdrank us. I'm not sure that they had a better time than us, but they definitely gave us a run for our money, and plan to again at our Meigs Regatta, over the fourth of July. I can't wait, this crowd is a lot of fun, and they intend on supplying some extra boats if we want to sail them, and really intend on having a good time with us. So, to all the FWYC members reading this, thanks for letting us go represent your club, and when we have visitors, sit down and have a drink with them, because there are some really cool people heading our way.

Til next time.. which is actually Sunday, Feb 17 for the FROSTY NIPPLE!!!!!!! yay

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