Last weekend was the WYC awards banquet, AKA the sailor’s prom. It’s the one night of the year you are assured to see me in long pants. The entire BlueJ crew took up a table. Jodi and I got a room at the venue, and invited @cb32863 and the crew of Seeker over for a pre-game party. Here are some of the ladies getting into the party mood.
Pre-game over, it's out at the awards table and cocktail hour, I stop to check on our stash. As expected! ;^)
Pretty soon cocktails are over, and we gather for dinner. Jodi is chatting with Brendon and his wife, who are sadly leading us next season to buy a j/70. Traitors!
Just a few slides before I was scheduled to talk about the PHRF 1 fleet, the club announced the winner of the annual ‘Doc Sam’ award, issued to the WYC sailor that most exemplifies the ‘racing spirit’ that is so much a part of WYC. I was practicing my PHRF speech in my head, but noticed in the background that it sounded like they could be talking about me. Seem so. Do NOT expect that! Now time for a very impromptu speech.
The Award is very cool. I get to house the trophy for the year, but the plaque is a keeper.
The rest of the evening was great as well, with a band and dancing until the hotel made us stop. The the after parties until the hotel stopped those. Not sure why they keep letting us come back! ;^)
Anyway the keeper looks great over the collection of annual trophy frames!
Pre-game over, it's out at the awards table and cocktail hour, I stop to check on our stash. As expected! ;^)
Pretty soon cocktails are over, and we gather for dinner. Jodi is chatting with Brendon and his wife, who are sadly leading us next season to buy a j/70. Traitors!
Just a few slides before I was scheduled to talk about the PHRF 1 fleet, the club announced the winner of the annual ‘Doc Sam’ award, issued to the WYC sailor that most exemplifies the ‘racing spirit’ that is so much a part of WYC. I was practicing my PHRF speech in my head, but noticed in the background that it sounded like they could be talking about me. Seem so. Do NOT expect that! Now time for a very impromptu speech.
The Award is very cool. I get to house the trophy for the year, but the plaque is a keeper.
The rest of the evening was great as well, with a band and dancing until the hotel made us stop. The the after parties until the hotel stopped those. Not sure why they keep letting us come back! ;^)
Anyway the keeper looks great over the collection of annual trophy frames!