{{Saturday Balloon Chase}} The sky was blue and the wind was blowing, so why only three boats? Might be due to the chilly temperatures and the whitecaps on the lake, but honestly I’ve seen no better sailing on Lake Sinclair all year. Thanks to Ken for blowing up a couple dozen balloons and playing balloon distributor. The three boats that braved the conditions and went balloon chasing were Jay Harrell and family, Jack Sterret and Jimmy Harrell, and D. Wilson and guests. The Impulse proved again to be the ideal boat for balloon chasing with it’s combination of speed and low sides, and everyone had a blast. {{Saturday Dinner, Party, and Costume contest}} Grayson set up the decorations and Ken set up the grill, and the party commenced with kids in costumes and hamburgers and hotdogs. Prizes were awarded in categories like most beautiful, most dramatic, jazziest, scariest, most lethal, best fantasy character, best walking dead and most tiggerish. As I recall, nine kids and four adults dressed up for the parade. Thanks to Lauren, Pete and Jimmy for judging. {{Sunday Racing}} Here are the un-corrected times for Sunday’s Race, courtesy of our race chair Mr Gimp: |D. Wilson | Pearson 26| 2 hrs – 50 min – 34 sec| |Jim Weadick | Catalina 22WK| 3 hrs – 2 min| |Jack Mahaney | Thistle| 1 hr – 56 min| |Ken Griffin | Hunter 260| 2 hrs – 22 min – 30 sec| |Greg Phillips | Catalina 25 WK TR| 2 hrs – 35 min – 20 sec| |Dave Schnider | Y-Flyer|2 hrs – 16 min| {I will run these through the program when I get a chance later…}