Sailboats at Elephant Butte Lake, New Mexico, before the Race to the Elephant
Fleet panorama at Elephant Butte Lake in southern New Mexico as boats wait to sail in the Race to the Elephant
Kachina in front of Elephant Race fleet
Two boats framed between Nessie (C&C29) and Free and Clear IV (Freedom 21, at right).
Nessie and Free and Clear IV
The J/24 sloop Hot Flash, and the race committee signal boat, Susie Q, before the start of the Race to the Elephant at Elephant Butte Lake in southern New Mexico. Conditions during Saturday morning were a bit frustrating with light, variable, switchy wafts of breeze for beleaguered sailors. I had a hard time reaching the starting area on Carol Anne's motorless Etchells sloop; fortunately the start was postponed until the wind started filling in about an hour after the published start time. (The A fleet started at 1:43 p.m., an hour and 38 minutes after the planned 12:05 start [12:00 noon warning signal].
Labels: New Mexico Sailing, Race to the Elephant, sailing in New Mexico, yacht Free and Clear IV, yacht Hot Flash, yacht Nessie, yacht Susie Q
posted by Pat @ 6/01/2009 04:36:00 AM
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The start was postponed nearly two hours, not one. It was nearly two o'clock when the postponement flag was lowered.
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