AWESOME SUNDAY TURN OUT



BLOODY MARY SUNDAY

Maybe it's the fine weather or the promise of Robert Keith to host a Bloody Mary Sunday, but the "faithful" turned out in large numbers to make this Sunday the best turnout yet. Czar Chas was out of town for this week's event but he would have been proud of those who stepped in to take up his role. I'm thinking we had 14-15 pieces of equipment on the bay not including a pod that departed from Maryellen's to train behind Browns'. Ms Stephanie and David G departed on the earlier side to get their Blackburn miles in. the rest of the crew has wet by 8:15 which is very impressive for this crowd. At one point I counted 8 shells scattered around the dock. I arrived at the club at 7:30 AM to find both Sarah and Howard already preparing for the morining with slings on dock and pairs of oars coming down. "How many should I bring? ", Sarah asks. Her husband replies "Probably all of them". One by one the rest of the Motley Crew found itself down on the dock with equipment, greeting of old friends and introduction of new ones. Having Terry and Chris Leake "pushing the string" as they say made for an orderly and quick departure from the dock. "Is that your shell? set her  your next in line to launch". Once we got into the bay, the grouo quickly broke into pods based on skill and how much of the ocean they felt like biting off for the morning. Chris, Sarah, Shelia, Susan and Robert teamed up for a mid-bay row, the rest consisting of Frank, Gail, Heather, Terrie, Roger, Howard and myself captured MHD Rock, Childrens and Eagle with Howard and Roger adding another mile or two by heading into the bay b/4 returning into the basin. My GPS said 7.5 miles when all the dust settled.Returning home we met up with Stephanie and David and of course a Bloody Mary and Bagel brunch. BTW we now have a table to set the food on. Very nice touch by one of our club members. Those who couldn't make it were missed.
Blessings