Yesterday we had the fastest sailors on earth looking oversized–and slow, slow, slow–in a couple of Optimists (see below). Today we have a nice shot from John Potter (aka Alden Bugly) of a downwind leg from the 2005 U.S. Optimist Team Trials, currently being sailed in Annapolis. Here’s Potter’s brief report:
“Titanium rash guards, BillaBong and Roxy board shorts, Dirty Dog shades, and pink-patch light sailor, or green-patch heavy sailor NZ-North sail logos were hot on the opening day of the 2005 U.S. Optimist Team Trials in Annapolis, but the racing was not. After two general recalls the first division set off in a false-promise southerly that waned as the beat moved on. Bang. Bang. The race and the day were dead.
For Friday the 180 sailors can expect a northeasterly of 9-17 knots and rain. They’ll get some wet races in.”
Potter is an Annapolis institution and a very, shall we say, eclectic guy. If you don’t believe me, click here, and check out some of the Buglyesque whimsy he has authored. Be careful, though. It can be a long, strange (and very humorous) trip…
Wheel Of Fortune: “Can I buy a lane please…?”
(Photo: John Potter/Photo Gray)
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