Friday, October 5th,
7pm - 9pm
- "Dutch" Dinner at Veronica's Nachito was a
wonderfully pleasant experience. Easy to get to, inexpensive and
sweet watress', what more could we have asked for. This years
Fri-Night Dinner was full of discussion about the 07 Nats, lessons
learned and suggestions for making the 2008 Nat's being held here at
beautiful Woodlawn lake the greatest spectacular of the age!
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Dinner at Veronica's Nachito |
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Ray Ham'n it Up!!! |
Ray-Cam |
Packed House |
Room Full of People |
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The Ray & JK Show |
Gilbert Maclachlan |
Al & Billy - Team Katrina |
Don't They Make A Nice Couple? |
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The Ross Gang |
And with That I saved The World |
Hey Guys |
This was a family affair!!! |
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So How Much Cornbread Do We Need for the Chili Cook-Off????? |
Hey There JK!!!!! |
Just Tell Her What You Want To Eat Budman... |
Yum Yum!!! |
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Great Looking Shirt!!!!! |
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Friday, October 5th,
6pm -
Its one hour till dinner so we are going to wind
down the show. We'll post another update
and pictures tonight after the party's over.
The good thing for you at home is that the Pirate
Cam will be running all night long. Party on
Dudes....lol.
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Friday Afternoon Photo's |
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Where Ray Belongs - Behind A Mic |
Spectators On Bank |
JO installs Shield on Pirate Cam |
Richard Azzam tweaking his boat |
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Friday, October 5th,
5:50pm -
The power will be down for 15 minutes so our
electrician can add some additional wiring.
The website and Pirate Cam will return momentarily.
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Friday, October 5th,
5:30pm -
The music's blasting the boats are floating and a
general party atmostphere has developed. The
Ray and JK show, aka Cheech and Chong started up
this afternoon with Ray teasing JK over the PA about his sailing
skills.
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Friday Afternoon Photo's |
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Rounding The Mark |
Racing from Barge |
Follow the Leader |
Lounging on the Patio |
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Here's some Chili for the Raffle??? |
The Barge |
Billy Ross' Rig |
Light Winds |
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The Barge |
Mitch Martin and Phil Geren |
Close Quarters |
Scaffleling Allows for a Second Row |
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The Pirate Cam |
Get off The Phone!!! |
The Black Pearl |
Run Chris Run!!!! |
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Friday, October 5th,
4:50pm -
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Friday Afternoon Photo's |
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Unbelievable |
Tent City |
Phil Geren |
Richard Azzam |
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Charles Sudduth |
Three Champions |
New Stairs buit by Mark Hogan before the race. |
The Barge w/Platform |
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Friday, October 5th,
4:15pm -
17 sailors registered so far and approximately 30
registered for tonight's dinner at Veronica's.
Heavy duty practice going on now as can be see via
the Pirate cam. Its fun watching different
folks trying to use the camera, gyrating wildly at
first and then settling down to watch the action on
the water.
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Friday, October 5th,
2:45pm -
5 folks registered by 2:45pm and practice sailing
is occurring on the barge. The forecast calls
for Friday, Sat and Sunday to have 5 to 10 mph winds
out of the SE which is perfect for Victoria's on
Woodlawn. Interesting Story: Tom Kern
from New Jersey was picked up at the airport this
morning by Woodlawn Sailing Clubs official Limo and
driver. See photo below.
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Friday Afternoon Photo's |
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Skipper Tent |
The Woodlawn Y.C. Limo Service |
Mark Cooper |
The Ross Gang |
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The Pirate Cam |
On The Patio |
Patio |
Flags in Light winds |
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Friday, October 5th,
2pm -
Registration officially opens. Boats will be
weighed, sail #'s and frequencies verified, raffle
tickets, T-shirts and lunch tickets sold.
Our registration official, Ray Mireles, is off to
collect a big flat screen display to entertain the
folks on the patio with Pirate Cam videos and score
updates and that leaves your webmaster to take on
the job of registration. The Louisiana
contengent aka "Team Katrina" is already beging to
show. Gilbert Maclachlan, Al Ross, Collin
Ross, Ryan Ross, Bill Ross and Mike Biggs are
already sitting on the patio. Mark Cooper and
Chuck Porth from Houston, TX and Mitch Martin from
Austin, TX have just arrived as well.
- Eric G.
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Friday, October 5th,
1:30pm -
Power to the Pirate Cam has now been turned on and
you can view our activities online at:
http://24.173.81.26/
Frequent write ups, audio files and photos will be
posted over the next few days on our website at:
http://www.woodlawnsailingclub.org/
So if you couldn't make it by car, plane boat or
foot just sit down at your computer and watch
the Alamo Classic Region V Victoria Championship
Regatta from home!
See you folks on the CAM!!!!!!
Eric Gregory aka Red-Beard The Pirate
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