Commodore Barr and his oldest son, Chris practiced capsize
recovery using their newly rigged righting pole.
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The boat came up easily from capsize with
only Mark pulling on the pole. What an improvement over the old righting
rope method! |
We sailed in to take a break and pick up some new crew.
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Paul Melcon and Karen Cole were zooming on Paul's Prindle 18-2. We
had some great boat-on-boat speed tuning.
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Jason Smith and his crew Paul had Jason's recently aquired Hobie 16
out. They were having a blast.
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The Barr's Prindle in the foreground with 3 other boats in the background.
The wind was about 6 - 12 mph...
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Sailing with Mark were (L. to R) Chris, Kevin and Grant.
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Paul Ritchie must have been pleased when the two Hobie 16 catamarans
could barely catch him going upwind.
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There was a lot of friendly banter between boats whenever we crossed
tacks. You can't beat sailing with friends.
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Sailing a beach cat off a beach is great, but we had to be carefull
with our rudders and boards to avoid grounding.
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We always sailed into the beach with our boards and leeward rudder
up.
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The boys practiced "man overboard" recovery until we were
all pretty worn out.
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We finally brought the boats in and derigged as the sun sank low in
the sky. It was time for a Mexican Food dinner in Orland.
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Several of us pulled into the nearly vacant parking lot at El Korita
Restaurant.
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We took this group shot before going in to eat. It had been a fun day
in the sun. |
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One more group shot. We were wind blown and a little damp in places,
but we were happy.
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Paul and Cherril Melcon
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Chris Barr looking pretty hungy...
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Paul Ritchie and his first time crew, Binit.
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The decor was classic, the food, delicious! |
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I caught Cherril Melcon asking Kelly how big the Commodore's Ego is...
Kelly and I need to talk.
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