| Remedy left her slip and headed
out across the lake, and immediately into a thick fog that rolled in out of
nowhere. We headed down the lake and stopped at the Lakewood entrance channel. Couldn't see a thing. We turned on the Radar and waited for it to warm up. Meanwhile we drifted aimlessly about. Once we got the Radar up we crept to the dock at Sundance Grill and tied up near two other boats. Mystery was ahead of us and had managed to tie up at 3 Amigos to get fuel before the fog bank set in. |
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Gugi stayed put in Clear Lake
and waited for the fog to lift. We also heard from Tesoro they were still dockside at Lakewood. Silhouette was way ahead of the pack and was past Marker 2 when the fog enveloped him. "Do you think we can go?", asked Randy Russell. He was still at Boardwalk in his slip. "We will go as soon as we can see the both banks of the creek." we announced. Fifteen minutes later Remedy wanted to go to Steve's. We left our safe mooring behind us and headed out again. It was not bad by Portofino. There we found Rose sideways in the channel. When we reached Landry's fog and traffic met us. Then fog horns in the distance and thick heavy fog. |
| Ed watched the Radar and I headed for Marker
2. The rest followed. At Marker 2 we decided to raft up and wait for the stragglers.
Meanwhile we tromped from boat to boat and wondered why Flying Dolphin
never showed up. We were joined by four or five GBCA race boats that glided into view just before the fog finally lifted. It was almost 11:30 AM and off we went like horses leaving the gate. We all wanted to get to Steve's. The weather finally cleared as we arrived at the Houston Ship Channel. We Motor sailed as quickly as we could to make up for the two hours of fog delay. And of course we did not want to miss out on Happy Hour. |
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Next morning a walk to the beach was on the agenda. Along the way we met Bevo, Porky and Mildred. Breakfast was served on Remedy to all who dropped by. Steve and his shrimper friend Robert had never seen a Sailboat interior so they came aboard and got the tour. At 10 AM the tide was falling and it was time to get the sails up. |
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| At first the wind was 15 Kts about 40 degrees
on port. With the tow traffic and occasional puffs it was prudent to have
the motor engaged at Low RPMs. Here you see Remedy and Mystery closing on Forty Two. (right) Photo From Gugi collection. Silhouette, Solar, are ahead. Tesoro and Flying Dolphin are behind. At Bolivar Roads the turn North into East Bay presented a down wind run. |
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| It was embarrassing that the 32 foot
Mystery romped through the fleet with such overwhelming
confidence. She quickly passed Silhouette overcoming his one mile head start. Next the 38 foot Hunter Gugi fell to the Nonesuch with only a single sail. Alas, the 45 foot Hunter Remedy, who had enjoyed a 3/4 mile head start, was overtaken just before the turn at Red Range to cross the Channel. 
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Mystery on a Rampage. |