Old Men take third place

As the boat was tossed about Stroupini struggled to help Jan take off the ripped mainsail and replace it.  Changing a mainsail with the boat healed over at 35 degrees in a strong wind is not do da, but our crew managed.  It was like changing a flat tire without stopping the car, but we did it.  Jan,  Stoupini, and Kadizzle were racing Xanadu.  That was the first big boat Kadizzle owned.  Now the boat belonged to Jan.  A forty year old sail was bound to become toilet paper in a big wind.

The race course was over to Prairie Dog Island and back.  The wind was from the south and we had to go right into it.  Once around the island it was a downhill slide back to the finish line.  Xanadu had a photo finish with Point B another boat about our size.  Kadizzle  knew from the old days that we could have really made up some time on the last leg by putting up more sail, but Stroupini and Jan were too worn down from the sail replacement to put up more sail.  In the end it was a lot of fun and a great race, but Kadizzle is really feeling his age after being out in a howling wind, and rough seas all day.