After finishing first for 3 years straight, Freeway managed to knock us off of our pedalstal last year.  This spring however, we climbed back to the top! 
After racing just 4 out of the possible 5 races (who wants to race in light air while the Wings are trying to win the Stanley Cup?) we finished up with 1,3,3,1. That gave us 22 points and first place for the Spring series.  Who knows if we will make it for the summer series, but at least we won this one.

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Tuesday night is our weekly escape from real life. Every week we venture out onto the lake to enjoy some friendly racing and the company of friends.
For the past few years, a Michael Florian has been taking some great shots of all of us playing on the water.
Click here to view Mike's gallery.
Here are some particularly great shots of us and Aisling with a Water Spout forming in the background.

Well, it was a quick wet race this year, and we worked fairly hard through the whole thing.
One bad call on the first leg near Harbor Beach, and we went from first to nearly last in a matter of minutes.
We pushed hard through the night, and all Day on Sunday. Fighting all the way, we managed to end it with another trip to the stage.
Third place in IRC F this time. We'll Take it!
Thanks to all the crew and the hard work they put forth to get us back up on the satge, and of course the party in the fall...

2008 Port Huron to Mackinac Race

With just a few days remaining before the start of this years Mackinac Race, the Toy is getting close to being "Ready".  A few odds and ends, and we will be heading up the river on Wednesday.  Look like good weather for the delivery.  Yeah! Cant wait to tip back a few Blue pops during a nice journey up the river.  It is a little far out for any kind of acurate wind predictions, but it looks like it is going to be another light air race.  There should be a few small storms rolling through, but nothing big.  Lets hope for the best, it sure is nice to attend that party in September!  I am sure everyone one the boat agrees, and will be working hard to attend again this year. For those that are interested, here are a few links of things that are relevant to this years race. Wind Toy IV's Class - IRC F Time Difference Table All Classes Bouy Roundings Results 2008 Port Huron to Mackinac Race Website  Wish us Luck!!!!

2008 Sailing Season

After a long winter of motor rebuilding, the Toy is back on the water and racing hard (thanks Larry & Bob, mostly Larry)

Well, the season is well under way, and we are battling away with Freeway and Solutions for first on the Tuesday night series.
These guys are getting faster and faster, and making it more difficult to win each week. It has been a lot of fun. If all goes well, this will be our 7th straight First over the last 4 years for the Tuesday night series.

The 2008 Port Huron to Mackinac race is fast approaching! With only a few weeks left before the start, it is time to start thinking about working on the boat.
For those of you that think you will have time, there will be a list on the website and on the chart table with the things that need to be done. Hopefully we will have that list ready by the end of this coming Saturday (6/21/08). The list shouldn't be too bad this year, as the biggest project is the lifelines, and Jonesy has to deal with that one...
But dont worry, there are pleanty of things that will keep us all busy. A little cleaning and some general maintenance and she will be in as good of shape as we can get her.

Here is the List as of 6/21/08 linky Clicky

This years Port Huron to Mackinac race was a long frusterating light air race. Everyone on the crew worked really hard, even through the 10-12 hours of NO air we had on Sunday afternoon. The weather information we received through our air card proved to be more then useful once again. Eliminator pushed all the way to the end making for one hell of a fight for our Third First place flag in the last Four years. This year is the first year we raced in IRC. Once we finally got to the island on Monday night at 12:46am. We had a great impromtu party at the dock. Tusday night turned out to be a great party on the dock as well. Lots of fun was had by all. Larry Bell from Bells Brewery seemed to be having a great time too... The fun didnt stop there though. The delivery home turned out to be very entertaining as well . Some drunken dabauchery was had with Heat Wave and of course our friends on the Pendragon. (Sorry Joe B & K.T., You shouldn't have gone to bed so early.) Here are some of the pics. Some of the pictures taken are starting to come in. Party Pics are HERE Delivery Pics are HERE Video of our start can be viewd HERE I will post the all the pictures I get as soon as I get them. IRC E Results Full Results Overall Results
	On Tuesday, June 19th 2007 We had a very puffy night with lots of excitment. Jim Steadman was on the dock with what appears to be one hell of camera, he was able to catch a great sequence.  Normally,  these are the sort of pictures you like to see so long as your boat wasn't involed... Check out the pictures Here

GPSC Sundown Series - June19th
Way to go shorthanded crew! No "Grown Up's" needed!

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