Sounds like you had an 'enjoyable' time.
That grid was pretty sparse, their fastest teams were 1 Adult, 1 Junior and 1 Senior team. Lotus needs to do a better job of advertising that race (though it looks like they were close to capacity).
By the looks of it, the Lotus Regatta is a terrific race for new teams right now. Being a fan of the Lotus club, I hope they can make it a bigger event. Throw some prize money out there, that'll do it.
Was it worth the 6 bills?
Certainly M Power's weekend must been worthwhile b/c of the Granddragons. They'll want to have had a chance at redemption after the FCRCC Regatta. The Granddragons taught everybody how to paddle that Sunday,
wow. The way they cranked their blade made them look 20 years younger, all heart. And they beat some other teams that had a lot more muscle than them.
...come out in a non-competative environment.
There's a difference between an environment with no competition, as opposed to a non-competitive environment. Every team for sure wanted to do their best. Though true, for some teams crossing the finish line in any place is a small victory. You usually see that in special interest categories.
As someone who actually has helped volunteered to organized the race and also participated in it many times since the inception at Golden Spike '98, i would have to say that the Lotus Race is what it is... a fun race to be in.
Golden Spike '98, hey I remember now. We did that race back in '98. I remember it well!
Halfway through the race, I had to get out of my boat and drag us out of the SAND, just so we could finish. The tide was so low that after the race, a bunch of us all
walked out into the middle of the race course and took pictures of us 'paddling'.
You're right. That
was a great race to be in!
