Leg 4 Top Ten List by Steve Piche
1.
Woman Skppers Rule: Ingrid Bakker gave the entire F18 fleet a run
for its money yesterday. It took John
Tomko most of the day to finally catch her.
Ingrid had a great finishing leg and showed the talent she has for sailing
in tricky conditions. She was the first
woman skipper to finish the Great Texas.
2.
Tomko/Billings Win: Back to their old form, John Tomko collected
his seventh Great Texas win! The
trophies are now back in Texas after spending a year in Florida where last
years winner John Casey lives.
3.
Chums on Line Honors: Lee Wicklund and David Cerdes took first to
the beach honors in the Great Texas yesterday.
They managed to fight their way through the light and tricky winds. They won the Open Class and took third
overall in the regatta.
4.
Dashers:
We had an additional 18 boats join us for the Dash! They started an hour early. The Great Texas fleet then had the
opportunity to catch up with the rest of the Dashers. However, they never caught Dennis Banks on
his ARC 22. He was first to the beach
and won the Spin class in the Dash. Mike
and Janet Hardey won the non-spin class sailing on a Hobie 16.
5.
Shrimp, shrimp and more shrimp: We had a fantastic shrimp dinner last night
put together by Joe Carlyle. Joe cooked
up 50 pounds of shrimp and nobody left hungry.
6.
Light and Tricky: It was a fairly light spin run
yesterday. We all got pushed off-shore
and did a fair amount of jibbing. Seas
were small so it made for a pleasant but somewhat long ride into the finish.
7.
Frog Dancing:
This year the Frog (Team Quicksilver who has a French skipper, Philippe
Bettler) got the Monkey ( Team Monkey Business). The two teams battle it out on the race course
for second place but in the end it was the Frog that won and according to tradition, Team Monkey
Business had to do a Frog dance at the awards banquet.
8.
Ground Crews:
We got to give a shout out to all the ground crews that helped get the
teams up the coast. They drove a lot of
miles chasing the boats from one stop to the next. We are blessed to have so many people that
are will to spend a week of their vacation as ground crews.
9.
Thanks to our Commodore, Terri Reuwsaat: Thanks so much to Terri Reuwsaat for running
the Great Texas fleet and organizing the race.
She does a great job of working with all the officers and making sure
everything gets done.
10. Next
Year: I hope to see you in South Padre
on the Wednesday before the Father’s Day for the start of the Great Texas!
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