Friday, November 8, 2019

Hobie Worlds @ Captiva Island, FL



Wendy invited me to join in the onshore (non-racing) crowd.  As it worked out, I would already be halfway to FL, seeing concerts in TX!

This gave me the chance to visit my sister Tracy.

It was good seeing Tracy


Then I rented the swaggy wagon and drove to Captiva.  Lynn and Tim met me a Costco and we did some initial provisioning.  Then I met Wendy, Ben, Nicole, and Jack at the Fort Myers airport where we loaded up and continued on.

Me and the Swaggy Wagon.


Bill stopped over to mooch on food and beers.

Around the table:  Wendy, Bill, Tim, Nicole, and Lynn


I saw a number of people from when I was active with the Hobie crowd, 25 years ago.

From left:  Wendy, Theresa, Bill and myself
Ben, Jack, and Wendy
Nicole and Wendy 'supervising' at the Youth's pizza party.


Bill was a stud, placing 8th in the world in the Grand Masters division!


At the awards banquet, Herb, Sharon (not seen), Wendy, Nicole, and the Women’s 2nd place team from Mexico seated at my table.  I felt like I was with sailing royalty.

See Ben hamming it up at the next table??


Good times.