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s there was no racing on Friday, (due to be racing on the Knox course) due to no
wind and 110 F most unusually in SF, we finished on a great high.
At the closing dinner on Friday night, all the skippers got up to speak and thank their
teams and the organisers, where Julian also did so, and sang his short ditty about
“Lord Horatio Nelson”, our most famous Admiral, to suitable acclaim, and maybe
made up for our lack of song at the Skits evening. The Danes definitely won the prize
for their noisy eccentric performance that evening, whereas the Swedes had guitars
and a banjo and sang a wonderful Folkboat tune and all had a copy to sing along to.
In summary, a great week, which for us, was followed by a visit to Julian’s cousin in
Mill Valley close by, and a further tour of the Bay in his Catalina 42 cruiser, followed
by some time in Sonoma and Nappa. Yosemite was cancelled as the park was on
fire and our hotel was evacuated, so the Ranger said when we were one mile from it,
having driven for four hours from SF. Hey Ho!
Finally we do feel we must invite our San Francisco Bay Folkboat friends back here in
some form? Ideas welcome please.
Julian and Claire Sowry, Doug Neville-Jones
Links for the event and Photographs:
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Galleries/2017-Folkboat-International-Regatta
Race 1:
Race 7:
Race 2:
Race 8:
Team Pilgrim/Elise enjoying the sunshine!
