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boat... you know the: kind: of. fe
into one’s mind. I think’ they’re called ‘pre race

oughts that r

jitters, or the: dark before the dawn or tner

1 phoned _ the. weather
office: ‘from~ “bed. The |
forecast was. good, : with:

winds. predicted to reach 25°)
* knots at ‘times, and a small ©
‘issued .for ..
- Georgia | Swait. Outside’ my
. .bedroom : window the. tree
-.. boughs . were. swishing- ‘and

‘the day looked’ like it. was -
going to be bright and sunny. ;

craft warning.

. So far: so good.

“We. ‘left the ‘moorage oa
-9:30- 0am. -

friend.
Schlyecher, ‘did ‘deck duty.

The wind was westerly. ‘and |
the long: ‘rolling: swells that.
“we. met. just. past the bridge
look at
. ‘raised
n eyebrows. The plan v was. s that .

made Kim: and I.
each “other - ‘with.

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. auraat ‘
ay vila
nh at :

Per ke Fe ee

of Dundarave_ :
the other boats arrived; they.

. ficult,

os ‘and. motored —
-. through First. Narrows. Kim.»
_Hennecker steered while the
teenagers, my son Alan and.
-Robert |

‘into ..

~- anchor,

- be.

crew

we. were ;

~were:to raft upto us so: ‘that 2
we could : finalize. the’ race.
the
10:30: a.m... start time. “These :
swells. “would: ‘make it: dif-»
if not foolish, to raft :
up to anyone. ele

preparations... before.

ee ‘Sure enough, when: we. ‘pot mo , a
‘the west side’ with its: noisy. ff

te ‘Dundarave and. dropped
bird rocks at the south end.

~ the” hook it was: ‘Tough in-
‘deed... ‘The... waves. “coming, oh
were.
_ splashing 10 or 12-feet-into ~
the. air, and ‘the. ‘anchorage

the: : seawall

was very -

*» normally. a simple. routine.»
. _.becomes very difficult when».
it’s rough, and i in our case, at»:
‘it ‘was. doubly: dif-
- ficult. ‘Bow on to the ‘waves it.
- was okay,
_ swung broadside one way or.
the other the rolling had to
experienced. be.
‘believed. The kettle. ‘ended oa
up. on the floor, narrowly -

but”

missing my toes, and I gota

. few bruises. Things that have: -

never fallen before tumbled

. ‘down.

PROFESSIONAL HAN F

DLING

soon came to nought as ‘well.

We upped anchor. shortly

after Mike, Smith anchored
his committee boat off the

end of the pier. The guns.

went off, the. racers

jockeved for position, and.
‘the race wason. |

Getting underway. was. a

great relief, With the sails up

the boat stabilized. She
started to move much more

easily through the four-foot

green ‘seas, The beat across

the bay was exhilarating and
my apprehensions began to.

crumble away as I watched
the professional way that all
the craft were being han-
dled. There was quite an
assortment of boats and
crews, as varied as the
personalities of the skippers.

Going around § the bell
buoy we watched the all-girl
of ‘Tuaq’ scramble
expertly around the decks of
their 22-foot sloop. Our own
turn was a little wide and we
lost some time at that point.

MCLE by te or

ate is

“uncomfortable. oe
“The teenagers: blew up. our.
inflatable dinghy ‘and I went...
below. and. tried” to. ‘make the
coffee. aes :

when | ‘she ~

‘consideration >
- feelings ‘of the» other en-
| trants, But it was no use.
- By ten. most. of ‘the fleet :
-. had arvived. My worry about.
whether anyone was going to
show. up for the. race. was:
replaced by a concern about —
the number of boats: milling: -
_ around in the confined area
near the pier. But that worry |

sandwiches. |
telephoto lens. It was just as [|
well because, after the: two |

‘houses -

‘Donzi’ riding

Sand a
colors, was the turning point
_for:the last leg-of the race. @ oo...
‘back to Dundarave Pier: We oe,
saw the ‘Coastguard auxiliary *y
vessel :
anchor. in ‘the little ‘bay on)
© the southeast. side of the...
°* Gsland, ‘and. then. ‘she faded _

from view as we pg: ided past. a

“IN SEARCH OF WIND

Coming ‘back i in. we made. _
a. committee. -decision — to. :
“head- out to” ‘mid-channel. in.
search of more’ wind: It-was |.
the 7

wrong. decision. cabal

wind was no stronger: and we 4. 7
aes then had to contend with the. |
Usually “Mary” ‘does. “the “outgoing
galley | duty, but. today she
wisely. ‘stayed ° home. and. T.

~ struggled. through. What is —

“current.

ception’ Passed “Us. “at that fo .
“time, despite our attempts | to Ff:
improvise — a whisker pole.

. ‘Per-- |

‘Shirralee’was at least ‘two. 7

‘miles ahead by. that time. |
Both she. and: Perception’ i.
“hugged the: ‘shore, and ‘took |

advantage > of - a. “counter-
current. running - back” to
Dundarave. ns :
We. began ate. fabricate

excuses. for coming in last --
ranging from the fact that
the wine. for the. post-race »

festivities was aboard . and
the weight was slowing us

down. to the excuse that we.
out’, of
the:

were ‘being — last

for

‘Just say, humbly, we lost.’
suggested Terry |

boat.

“Bob ‘Giaham.” News

. Associate Publisher, divided

his attention between
“and.

the
his

teenage boys aiscovered the
food, there wasn’t much left.

We came in under sail.
Kim rounded up the boat

after we. crossed the’ finish—
fine and we dropped the
anchor. As we were coming.
in, Terry and fT readied it for
the drop. We took it off the

roller and hung it down to

the waterline, and IT said to

Terry ‘here, take this handle,
and when IT vive vou a shout

just tap this dog with the

handle, ‘and down she'll go.’

Terry said -
went to show him, but my
demonstration tap was a hair

too energetic and we let out,
anchor
chain prematurely. Oh well...
we were over the finish line | |

about 10) feet of

by then and it didn't matter

much,

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