for caroline....

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saw this handsome fellow and immediately thought of you!

More Hats Than You Can Shake a Stick At

And yours is on its way!

Presentation of the Trophy

Last years winners



present the trophy



to this years winner!

Surfin' USA

All over Beach Haven and down Holgate way............the waves finally were great today! The tide change from low to high created two hours of great waves and Kyle & I worked them until our arms couldn't paddle for another. Actually, Kyle caught twice as many waves as I did. You should have been there. Tomorrow should also be a good wave day.

Talisman: An object marked with magic signs and believed to confer on its bearer supernatural powers or protection.

In a maelstrom of controversy, unparalleled by any of the previously thought contentious regattas, yours truly nevertheless came back from a dismal showing in the club’s “practice races” to secure the trophy amidst bad feeling and hurt pride. Day one, slightly less tumultuous than day two, was aided by able committee person Cathie and her inferior air horn. With Dave securing a tenuous first place at the end of the day, Linda and Ross (once again assisted by his able crew Caroline) tied for second, and Stuart and Kyle in close pursuit, it was anybody’s game. But the second day of racing spelled trouble for our earlier frontrunner, as Linda managed to cross the line first in all three races.

She attributes her remarkable success to three factors: unchecked confusion, rampant frustration and her assorted collection of talismans. “I knew that if I brought my plastic Madonna and lucky Sponge Bob shorts I could relax and everything would fall into place” she remarked. “In the interest of fairness and full disclosure, I let my opponents know about the Madonna but I chose to keep the shorts a secret.” The others apparently arrived without any such articles. In fact, Dave graciously relinquished his brand new “lucky Harvey Cedars Marina hat” to Linda the day before, not realizing its full potential.

Or maybe, just maybe, it was the intimidation factor of Linda’s new class-legal sail numbers.

Most improved goes to Skipper Kyle, who pulled off an impressive second place finish in one race while at the same time managing to not capsize.

A Baseball Story

we have no internet access!

so no email, no blogging till maybe saturday if the phone gets fixed. mom and i are at an internet cafe in ship bottom right now. see you saturday.....

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