Jack,
The coarse was a bit short with 2 buoys at each end. The launch was done by tractors, each with a long boom that hooked on to the boats and put them in over the beach (no ramp). Not so good when the tide was out. It worked better than I thought it would but slow. Good thing there were not a lot of classes to launch.
As to the race, Mark and I flipped a coin for the lanes and I won the inside with Todd on the outside. When the flag dropped Mark and I raced to the first turn with me holding a slight lead. The water was rough and we both pussy footed through the turn. Down the back stretch I was still slightly ahead but we both had to lift for more rough water. Going into the turn I could not see Mark, but I cut it really tight and glanced off the exit buoy and headed for the next turn when I saw the flairs in the air... From what the guys on the beach said, Mark was very close to me as I was exiting the turn and he was pushing hard to catch me when his boat spun out and pitched him overboard. All was okay and the boat floated without going down. Mark was beat up and sore but not injured. Todd's motor blew at about the same time all this happened in turn 2.
So with all that excitement and only two boats left we decided to save the equipment for Parker...
Shirl
