4th Tie-Dye, Oh My!

Thanks to Jackie and Larry Klopps for hosting their annual 4th of July party at Klopp's Beach. It was a beautiful sunny, breezy afternoon. Many people showed up who haven't attended recent BBYRA events. So attendance was very good. We had three gas grills going. The variety and diversity of the food was terrific.

Unfortunately, no-one took photos of the event. Too busy eating, apparently.

But afterwards, some of us continued on to the home of Craig and Gloria Drake. Gloria set up a tie-dye in the back yard. Gloria prepared bottles of various colors of dye. She provided t-shirts, small stones and rubber bands to enable the "tie" part of the process. Then we all proceeded to "dye" by squirting the colors on all parts of the tied off shirts. The process is somewhat messy. But it's a lot of fun. Some had their own tying technique. Other's relied on luck to produce an interesting design. Here are some photos from the Drake's backyard tie-dye.

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Series 1 Winners

Surprise! Surprise! John Currier's boat, Priority, sailed away winning the Saturday Race Series 1 PHRF fleet. John and his partner Larry found that a key to their success was an age old sailing secret: Tighten the head sail taut against the spreaders. SHHHH! Don't tell anyone! Here is a photo of John skippering his boat.

EchoToo won both Saturday Series 1 and Tuesday Series 1 for the C22 fleet. But they did it with Hausboat coming in a close second. Hausboat has actually prevailed 4 times this season thus far against EchoToo! Perhaps the Mathewson's aren't untouchable after all? You will want to check back again later to learn who wins series 2.

The Bainster, Tom Bain, won Tuesday Series 1 skippering the eponymous Bain. The Paceship nearly lost its transom the last race of the series out-maneuvering Priority at the start, darting to the inside of Priority to be nearest the committee boat. WOW! That was a close one!