Most of the riff-raff should be
off the water by then.

We fortunately didn't have any riff-raff. The Governor's Cup was on =
Saturday, and about the on;y worthwhile reportable event was that I had =
words with one of the racers when he and a friend decided to move our =
boat forward on the dock without checking to see if we were aboard. Mr =
Sails was cleaning the bilge and I was making up berths when all of a =
sudden there's someone pn our boat..I quickly popped out the =
companionway and asked him what the heck he thought he was doing. He =
said he was moving our boat and he ddn't know anyone was aboard. All =
our hatches were open, the companionway was open...and he didn't hail. =
I told him he was pretty rude for coming aboard without permission and =
next time to hail or knock or something. He wasn't from our yacht club, =
so I expect they don't teach manners wherever he elarned to sail. The =
rest of the weekend was grey. Sunday was really light winds...we stuck =
the chute up...Today was much better. We've had the weirdest run of =
East winds this year. It blew about 5=3D8 today but there was no power =
behind the wind at all. And the waves were all running backward toward =
Wisconsin. A lot more wind on Muskegon Lake when we came back in, so =
tacked around in there for awhile until it started to rain. Less =
traffic going home than on a normal weekend. I think everyone stayed =
home because of the weather. Suited us fine. Dodging drunks in motor =
boats is never fun. Did see one a-hole in a motorboat take on the CG, =
though. I was at the helm entering the harbor seawall area from the big =
lake alongside a CG bouy tender. This hoo-haw came flying through, like =
they usually do and the CG vessel gave them 5 blasts...they slowed down =
and were doing 5 K at the channel markers....but they were still behind =
the tender and I don't think they knew it was a CG vessel. About 100 ft =
from the end of the channel, they revved up and blasted past the tender =
and got 6 blasts and 2 coasties came running out, one with a clipboard =
frantically writing down his reg. #'s. Hope they sent him a ticket.

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