Remember To Drink Lots Of Water

SHIP'S LOG:

After 9 months of summer, I got my first "summer Headache." I usually get them when I don't drink enough water. humid that I sweated the water out as fast as I could guzzle it and, after awhile, it was a losing proposition. Even laying down to take a short nap in what cool breeze there was out on the boat was of no help and indeed, it was from the nap that I woke up with a real tear-the-top-off-your-skull head pounder. Even getting back to guzzling didn't help all that much nor the ibuprofen.

I tried going out for a sail, more of a float actually, but it still didn't help. Still it was a sail and that was and always is a good thing.

One bad thing is that I have misplaced my wallet. It is on the oat somewhere but just where I can't find. I attribute it to the summer headache but even so, that doesn't find the wallet. It will turn up . . . eventually . . . but sooner is much better than later and so I will have to do a major search mission and soon as I get back aboard. What a pain! Then again, I hope it is lost aboard. If not, well the person who finds it will find out how true it was when old Billy wrote, "He who steals my purse steal trash!" My wallet and its contents will prove that observation more than true.

I will be working the Governor's Regatta as the Windward Mark Boat. Not a lot of work really. Once the Starting line is set, I will be dispatched 180 degrees perpendicular to it for 1 and a half miles, drop the Windward Mark in the water, and then move some yards off, drop an anchor and then make sure the Mark stays in place and everyone rounds it properly, then picking it up after the race is finished and motoring back to TYC. For this, my crew and I get a few lunch, free dockage Saturday and Sunday night, and free access to the Post Race Party and Buffet. Not a bad deal . . .unless it rains, but such are the chances one must take in the Racing Game.