Wednesday night was race night and we were well positioned, on the deck, to watch the preparations. Some of the fleets were kept "on the hard", on trailers, and then swung into the water with a crane system. The crews were extremely efficient with this process and the boats were plopped in one after another. They didn't have motors so had to sail away from the dock, out the channel in front of the clubhouse, turn left and then right to get out, beyond the break wall, into the lake.
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One of the committee boats starting out. We saw 2 go out but I think the club has 4 so we may just
have missed the others going out. |
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A couple of the boats had covered trailers parked next to them and, when opened
up, we could see that they stored all their sails and equipment in them. |
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| Vampire, a Menjes 32, was one with a trailer. |
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| Launching using the crane |
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| Nearly there. |
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| Then rigging at the dockside .... |
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| ... and sailing out. |
We walked up to the pavilion that looked out over the lake and could see 2 separate race areas with more than 55 boats in all.
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| One race course, the one furthest out into the lake. |
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| The other, closer. |
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We were back at the boat, having finished dinner, by the time the racers
were coming in. |
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| One boat even sailed in, up to the clubhouse, under spinnaker. |
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