First!

After a one day postponement for the Burton Russell Trophy Race, Sunrise ended up not only being first around the windward mark, but also came in first place after the handicaps were tallied.

This was a point to point race around Sandy and Garden Cays near Man-O-War. Since it was run a day late, two of the usual crew were unable to race. Milton, the boat's owner, had a previous planned engagement and Ron was preparing to depart on his boat for a Gulf Stream crossing back to the States. That left Dave as skipper and Richard Woods, who he races Sunfish with and will be Sunfish Fleet Co-Captain with next season. Richard has tons of sailboat race experience, was in the Olympics, and builds catamarans. The two guys worked perfectly together and with light winds, there was no problem with not having extra crewmembers on board.

One more cruising boat race to go this season and then Boat of the Year will be announced. At this point it looks like Sunrise will come in 2nd overall, but you never know, perhaps they will be first.

The great photos are once again from Will Heyer. The awards photo was taken by Cindy Merrill.