Originally Posted by
Wylieguy
When the 3-Bridge hit 100 entries we wondered how we'd manage the race. The next year almost every boat finished within 15 minutes! I think there were around 125. Terry and I huddled in front of her TV, running the VCR tape deck back and forth trying to pick out that Cal 20 "hiding" behind that Cal 40 with another Cal 20 finishing from the other direction being overtaken by another large sail -- all day Sunday. And then after hours and hours, going back and "finding" boats unaccounted for, but who reported finishing by identifying a boat they reported they finished behind, ahead of, or next to after we called them on the phone (which had a cord). On Monday I brought the tape to the Santa Rosa J.C. audio-visual department where they had a Television Studio deck with slow/stop motion in a effort to figure out the final few finishers. After a Tuesday afternoon meeting with Terry at her Fireman's Fund office in Novato, we typed up the results and I stopped by Kinkos to print and arrived home where Nancy (my wife, not the boat) was sticking labels and stamps on envelopes. In the end everyone agreed with our sorting out, but remember results arrived by mail 3 or 4 days later.
I agree that SSS is the best bargain in sailboat racing on the Bay. Run by dedicated, loyal volunteers the SSS deserves our memberships, even if the racing season is limited by COVID-19. We need it to be there when things get back to what we used to call "normal."
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