The regatta week starts for us with the Carriacou Children's Fund annual Auction. A lot of cruisers donate items as well as locals and businesses to support keeping children in schools by supplying meals, tuition fees or uniforms. We also volunteer at the auction to sell items from the tables, its a few days work in set-up, selling and tear down, but all in a great cause.
After the hard work, it's time to play. Our good friends Russ and Lisa have entered Uproar for another regatta and as a past crew member I was honored to be invited again to crew on Uproar. Well the Carriacou regatta is not as competitive as Antigua but just as hard fought by those that attend. We had great starts as usual and Russ took the lead in every race again! We had a really tight finish with the first race a a much larger ketch caught us near the line, they don't point as high as Uproar and Russ steered a beautiful battle to the line get us over the line first even though they owed us time on handicap. These were truly wonderful races and a lot of fun.
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| Of course the steering should work before a race! |
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| A lot of looking back |
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| A relaxed helms woman and her dog |
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| Rail Meat |
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| Champagne to celebrate |
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| A winning Crew |
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| A very happy post race party |
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| Uproar, Russ and Lisa first in every race. |
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