Poker Run & Commodore's Cup

All--

Summer is drawing to a close, and fall is apparently arriving early this year!! It's time for heaters on the boat, and it looks as though swimming is over, unless you're a charter member of the polar bear club.   The lee cloths are going on Windrose this weekend! 

The good news is that fall at the lake can have some beautiful, if cool, weather, with more consistent wind than the fluky winds of summer, and the sailors and fishermen pretty much have the lake to themselves.

But back to our coming events:

Poker Run is scheduled for Saturday 9/23.  Forecast  is a bit of a jump ball--cool but mostly sunny.  High of 56 degrees and lows in the upper 20's, chance of precip pretty low.  Sunday is warmer, high forecast to be in mid '60's.  Watch this space for the call on the Poker Run.  If weather for Saturday deteriorates, we may cancel or move to Sunday.    Please RSVP if  you are planning to come to the lake.

For the uninitiated,  here's how a Poker Run works.  It's not a race--you can motor, row, or whatever.  Entry fee is $5 per person.   Five decks of cards are taped to various buoys or other spots around the lake.  You go to each of the destinations and draw one card from the deck.  (If each member of your crew has entered, each one gets to draw a card.)    Honor system applies--one card, no fair peeking!  Everyone returns to the dock or raftup--highest poker hand wins the pot.  (If you draw 2  3's of spades, that counts as a pair or a flush.)   Meet on the dock at 11:00 (time subject to change).  Raft-up or dinner at the dock TBA.

We'll hope the weather moderates for next weekend for the Commodore's Cup Sat. 9/30--our first ever.  Format will be similar to the Stahlecker Cup--2 or 3 short races.   Race committee reserves the right to restrict this to jibs only (no spinnakers).  Skipper's meeting on the dock at noon.  This will be our last on the water event this year.  Even if you don't want to race--we'll shoot for a great after-race dinner on the dock or a raft-up.

Thanks to all who participated in all our events.  Hope to see you all at the lake at least once more this year.  Watch this page for reports on the He-Man, La Jara, and Frances Canyon races and cruises.


David Dickinson
Commodore