The Riverside City Council Regatta and BBQ went well today. It was a fundraiser for the City Councilmemeber’s favorite charity and the Riverside Community Sailing Program. Eric and Jacob were a great help for the event. They helped get the boats in the water and set up. Then they went out and placed the marker buoy’s for the race. I was surprised to see Eric piloting the boat. I could not figure out how that happened other that I let him pilot a small boat for a few minutes on a fishing trip a couple of years ago. I guess I forgot, teenagers know everthing, including how to drive cars and boats.
Placing markers for the race
The Councilpersons boarded their boats and waited for the countdown from six minutes until it was time to sail over the start line. They sailed around in circles waiting there time. There was some heckling from the dock. One councilperson commented, “With all this hot air on the lake, I would not be surprised to see a hurricane.”
Councilperson's waiting to start
They were off. A couple crosses the line early and had to circle back. There was ripple by ripple announcements of their position. They made it to the first buoy and were soon into the second leg of the race.
Sailing through the secong leg of the race
Soon enough the council members finished and were on the way back in.
Sailing back to the dock
After the award was given out – a perpetual award with a yellow rubber ducky on it – we started cleaning up. Of course before that happened, Jacob and I went out. I sailed out teaching him a little. We switched position which was a little tricky and then he sailed back. He began to get the feel of where the sail, the boat and the tiller needed to be to keep wind in the sail.
