Spring Series 2 at Elephant Butte Lake (I)

MC Scow 586 sailing before the start of the Spring Series 2 regatta at Elephant Butte Lake on April 18, 2009.

"Dumbledore" on stern of Windependent, which was the committee boat for the Rio Grande Sailing Club's spring series 2 regatta in southern New Mexico.

Stern view, MC Scw 586




"Dumbledore" transferring back to Kachina after helping check out engine trouble on Windependent. It turned out that Windpendent was out of diesel fuel. Fuel was transferred from a spare jug on board but too much air was in the fuel lines for the engine to start, and the battery wasn't sufficiently charged to help bleed the air out of the lines before it died. At the end of the day, Windependent had to be towed by a J/24 with a 2.5-horsepower engine. (The RGSC motorboat had been dismissed for the day.)

Spring Series 2 at Elephant Butte Lake (II)

Hunnter 34 Windependent, on station for race committee duty before the Spring Series 2 races, Saturday and Sunday, March 27-28, 2009.


J/24 White Vang

Boom and boats

MC Scow 586 and Windependent

Spring Series 2 at Elephant Butte Lake (IV)

J/24 Kachina


Kachina, Windependent, and more pre-race activity

View astern


Pre-race panorama


J/24 sailboats 5003 White Vang and 4441 Kachina