Had a very jolly evening on Saturday night at the annual Raritan Yacht Club Awards Dinner. Howard Paul and Knot Again won the club 2008 B Fleet (Non-spinnaker) Championship. Howard collected a whole bunch of other pots too.
Howard has a very large crew list so the supporting cast in winning the Fleet Championship over the entire season was extensive but it turns out that I was one of the most frequent participants. I was winch-monkey for the Keyport Yacht Club regatta where Knot Again won the Non-spinnaker competition. I also crewed in the Around Long Island Race where we won honors for crossing the line first in our fleet. I probably raced on Knot Again at least half a dozen other times so I am pretty chuffed to be part of a successful crew. Amazingly, Howard won despite my frequent participation.
The photo above was from the awards dinner. I am the mug third from the left with the white shirt. The crew represented last night were (from l to r) Jeff, Marcie, me, Alex, Stephen, Howard, Colin and Bob. There was at least another dozen or so more who raced on Knot Again over the season. The one constant was of course the skipper, Howard Paul. Congratulations Howard!
All in all, a very nice end to good year’s sailing and a first season at RYC.
Hi Adam that was a nice what you wrote on your page i had fun Saturday with all the guys .I must say it was great that Howard had us all in it !what a capt! .My wife is so impress with the way he raffle off this prizes to the crew her comments was quote thats why he crew come back because he care about them .I am happy he allow me to be a apart off the crew.
Hey, congrats. Any of you guys (or gal) want to come sailing when it’s too cold up there, come down to the desert.