Bruce Gillett Sailing his Precision 16 out to the starting line
Bruce was sailing with a new jib. Beautiful!
This shot shows one of the fixed "starting line" bouys, near the dam.
The wind at the start was steady at about 5 mph.
Paul Rithchie was sailing with a crew of 3 for this day.
We decided not to sail up the middle fork, so we headed straight to Bloomer Island.
Once the wind was aft of the beam, we launched our chute and enjoyed a long run.
The wind died just before we reached Bloomer Island, so we turned back towards the main body of the lake.
We caught up with the Hunter just as we reached Foreman Island.
Paul Ritchie's Hunter 216 sailing by Foreman Island (877K file!)
We tacked early towards the dam, while Paul and
crew chose to sail further south before tacking towards the finish line.
The winners of this years Tour were (from L. To R.) Mike Maddox, Gisela & Paul Ritchie and Angela Lopez.
Video Clip of Bruce Gillett's Precision 16 in the pre start (896K file!)
Video Clip of Pink Slip's Beat down the North Fork (1.4 MB file!!)
This was our GPS route for the day. Our total mileage was 14.9 miles in 5:17:15
This photo of the Barrs in "Pink Slip"
was taken by Angela Lopez
Believe it or not, Commodore Barr hiked for hours like this.
Photo by Angela Lopez
This transom view of the pink Thistle shows the Hwy 162 bridge in the background. (Photo: Angela Lopez)