Sovereign came back a winner

As the crew gathered at the good ship it was discovered our steed was lame.  The hydraulic backstay had a leak and was useless.  The backstay is the system that supports the mast from the stern of the boat.  Mrs Kadizzle was in a bit of panic and did not think the boat could be sailed in that condition, but after some I dare say ingenious rigging the ship was good to go.  As the race began it looked hopeless and Kadizzle was cursing the monkeys at the weather office in Bismarck.  Everyone sat waiting for a gust of wind.  Nothing, absolutely nothing.  The temptation was to call off the race, but finally around one  the wind slowly came up.  It turned out to be a nice racing breeze.  As usual there was a lot of confusion at the start.  Three horn sequences are supposed to be blown to signify when the start is. Well they left out one set.  Non the less the good ship got a good start. Sovereign took off like a bullet and won the first race with a wide margin.

The Wolsky family with a racing father, and two racing sons has give Kadizzle grief because we win every year. Papa Wolsky claimed he set up the race with one buoy set in shallow water that the Sovereign could not get through. This was not true, but the Wolsky gang did have a trick up their sleeve.  On the second race the North buoy was not there.  The state park crew thought there would be only one race so after the first race they took the buoy down.  Josh Wolsky told the park crew to set the buoy in a different place.  This created a unique situation for the Sovereign.  The race was already in progress as the park crew tried to set the buoy.  So the Sovereign was steaming toward a buoy that was not there.  It appeared the park crew stopped to drop the buoy in the water so Sovereign headed toward them.  This meant an extra tack and that cost time.  Moving toward the apparent location of the buoy we had to round the park crew started moving.  Never has Kadizzle been in a race with markers that moved.  Sovereign was not foiled, we followed the park crew and rounded the buoy they still had in their boat.  Being first around the buoy we headed right back at the rest of the fleet coming right at us.  As god would have it Sovereign was on a starboard tack. Sailboat racing give the boat on starboard tack the right of way.  The evil in Kadizzle came out.  Kadizzle realized he could force a lot of boats off course.  The two boats of the Wolskey fleet were in perfect position to be jostled.  Kadizzle was able to force "Hellow Kitty" off course costing them some precious time.  We could not get to Pappa Wolskey but he was not a problem with a very heavy boat.

Sovereign won the second race also.  As explained earlier the rules have been set up so if we win we do not get the trophy.  This is actually good because it gives  others incentive to participate.  Sovereign was entitled to the second place trophy which was a nice painting of a sailing ship. The Sovereign crew donated the second place trophy to the third place winner.  The day turned out to be a lot of fun and people watching on shore seemed to enjoy the insanity.  Rarely do you see a race where they move the buoy, the first place winner gets the second place trophy, the second place winner gets the first place trophy, and the third place winner gets the second place Trophy, so the real winner goes home with nothing but a smile. A good time had by all.