Originally Posted by Mugrace72
Congrats to Dave Ingram for another stellar performance. Three minutes from victory.

If it hadn't been for that pesky Flying Dutchman...

At least the Roberts dynasty is on hold for another year!

The race was the opposite of most years. Wind was howling out of the northeast with gusts to 30.

That made a short spin reach to the first turn, then beat and tight reach for most of 30 miles, ending with another beat to the finish.

Ohh....and it rained almost the whole day!

Can't wait 'til next year.

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Thanks Jack and doing that run in those conditions on Wave... respect brother! But the real stars of this show are the volunteers doing the on the water support. They were everywhere and every time I saw a boat down and started moving in their direction a support boat would show up or be clearly on the way. It had to be no fun sitting in a open powerboat last Saturday, every one of those folks deserve a huge thank you from all of us!

Friday's weather conidions were absolutly miserable but folks just kept coming! You just can't keep sailors away when the forecast says BREEZE ON! Saturday did not disappoint, what a great sail and well worth all the years of doing the big drift! The Rudder Club did it again, great job everyone and like Jack I can't freaking wait until next year!

David Ingram
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