Bri lost his protest, but the verdict was rendered by a kangaroo court and will be appealed. As a newly elected member of the INCA Board he plans to work on professionalizing protest procedures.

Shortly after noon, all boats, trailers, and then people, were off the ice, and not a moment too soon.

And, of course, earlier in the day, there was Tony’s adventure—a faultily installed pin fell out of his steering mechanism during one high speed race, leaving him with no way to steer and thus no way to stop. He had to climb out of the cockpit and, as a human sea-anchor, drag behind the boat to bring it under control.

Everyone’s looking forward to next year. What a sport.

~~~~~~~
In remembrance of poet W.S. Merwin:

Variation on a Theme
W.S Merwin
Thank you my life long afternoon
late in this spring that has no age
my window above the river
for the woman you led me to
when it was time at last the words
coming to me out of mid-air
that carried me through the clear day
and come even now to find me
for old friends and echoes of them
those mistakes only I could make
homesickness that guides the plovers
from somewhere they had loved before
they knew they loved it to somewhere
they had loved before they saw it
thank you good body hand and eye
and the places and moments known
only to me revisiting
once more complete just as they are
and the morning stars I have seen
and the dogs who are guiding me