Thanks to our crew, we took First Place in the race from Padre Island to Port Aransas on 9/3. Since the race started at Padre Island and we are located 105 miles north, we had to sail our boat to Padre Island. We left on Tues, 8/31 about 2 pm. Our long time friend and sailing buddy, James Pierson, joined us for the sail down. It took just under 19 hours and was a great sail with a little help from the motor when the wind died. We docked at the Sea Ranch II marina in Port Isabel and enjoyed the area for a couple of days. On Thursday evening Dan & Sandy Shaffer flew in from San Antonio and on Friday Craig Bovee drove up from McAllen to join us. We had a reverse start at 4pm on Friday and arrived 29 hours later in Port Aransas. The wind was on the nose the entire trip so between the wind and the waves is was difficult to make a good headway. We survived several squalls but the big storm we were able to sail around and avoid. We had wind up to 24 knots but we hear the big storm clocked 40 knots. It was long and tiring but everyone says they are ready for the next race.
