"Once the Friday night Racing Series with Mast was over
for the season, Captain Jim and I decided that we would continue a weekly
competition and do a "two-boat" race every Tuesday night.
I have always contended that when two sail boats get out on the water in
proximity of each other, going in the same direction, you have a race--whether
it is intended or not. Sailors just can't help trying to figure out how to
make their boats go faster than the other boat. Anyway, we decided to make
it official. We would go out every Tuesday night and race around the
Milwaukee Yacht Club buoy, located one mile due east of the North Gap, and then
back to the Middle Gap of Milwaukee's Harbor."
Jim also needed crew, so the good crew of the Orion
drew straws and Dennis lost. Only kidding. Dennis volunteered to
crew for Jim's "Lucky Dog" a Catalina 31. Jim just got his boat this year
and she is a beauty!
Here is what it looked like on the past two Tuesday's, 9/23
and 9/30.
The sunsets were awesome and kept changing with every minute, so I took quite a
few shots. Lucky Dog and Orion lunged thru the water, competing for the
coveted Tuesday Nite trophy!
Just click on the thumbnail size photos to enlarge them, then hit your "Return"
button to get back to this page:
This first set of photos were taken on 9/30/2003.
The shots from 9/23 are below these:
Welcome to the Tuesday Nite Races
Sailing on Lake Michigan
It don't get no better than this!
Drew walks on the Dog
Nice Shot of the "Lucky Dog"
Lake Michigan in the Fall
Aboard the Orion
Drew up close
Tuesday Nite Race
Oh yeah!
Heeled Nicely!
Lucky Dog edges up on Orion
Tony up close
Tony
Captain Drew
Lucky Dog charges out of the N Gap
Sunset over Milwaukee
The shots below were taken on Tuesday, 9/23/2003:
Overtaking Lucky Dog
Milwaukee and the N. Gap
Lucky Dog hangs tough
Lucky Dog
Jim and Dennis
Lucky Dog falls back
Looking back at Lucky Dog and the N. Gap
Captain Ken
Ken
Mike
Jack
Orion heads for the gap
Heading for Home
Beating Lucky Dog feels good
Mike at the helm
First Mate Mike
First Mate Jack
Jack takes a break
Sunset was gorgeous so I took a bunch of shots
An Awesome Sunset
Barge coming in from the north
Sunset over Milwaukee
Barge going thru the North Gap
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee at night
And at the left is the last picture for
this Tuesday night race. I think you will enjoy it. I know I did!
Captain
Ken says:
