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Bryan doing some random sailoring. - IMG_2264
Cleaned up for the party the next day, the crew of the Longhawk celebrate with pink-orange shirts and rum drinks courtesy Bacardi. - IMG_2238
As the wind dies late in the morning on the second day, we bust out the "whisker pole," a pole to hold out the jib (sail at the front of the boat) perpendicular to the boat and allow us to sail with the light wind at our backs. - MVI 5505
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To show their appreciation for being taken out on the boat, Julie and Bryan by a liter of Woodford Reserve for Sam. Chambord is both an inferior liquor *and* a boat we bested in our class. Get it?!? - IMG 5564
swim swim swim - IMG_2256
Doug at the helm. - IMG 5548
A bird that miraculously managed to get miles and miles off shore stops for a rest on our boat. He seemed tame but was probably just too exhausted to hop away. - IMG 5551
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More fun with the whisker pole. - IMG_2236
Noble captain at the helm. - IMG 5584
Texas barbecue awaited us for the dinner party on Saturday! What bliss. Bryan consumes roughly 1.5 lbs brisket and several rum drinks. - IMG 5626
1.99! I didn't think I'd see it again in my lifetime... - IMG 5583
Some crews had even better get ups than our pink-orange crew shirts. - IMG 5614
Julie smokes too... - IMG 5570
Julie negotiates a wave. - IMG 5599
Julie with trophy. - IMG_2246
Our happy family: Julie, Mike, Patrick, Sam, Doug. - IMG_2267
The skipper and matriarch of the longhawk celebrate a 3rd place finish. - IMG 5550
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People eagerly await the announcement of winners. - IMG_2244
A view from the deck up at the mainsail and jib. - IMG 5577
Bryan's ocean-styled do. - IMG 5552
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Bryan with trophy. - IMG 5542
A gas/oil pipe in the foreground, and a rig off in the distance. This is what we had to stay up all night watching out for. - IMG_2243
Bryan pulls on some lines. - IMG 5621
A post-party Whataburger run nets Bryan 1/2 gallon of chocolate shake. - IMG 5580
Have a free bottle of rum for finishing the race, but please don't take it around to 5 bars drinking it.