Monday, June 01, 2009

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].

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1 Comments:

At 5:04 PM, June 01, 2009, Blogger Carol Anne said...

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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