BoatHouse Volunteer Appreciation Day
Labor Day, Monday September 4, 2006
What a terrific day! Nearly 60 members, family, and friends of the TSC,
Sea Scouts, and Jr. Team were on hand for the 5th annual BoatHouse Volunteer
Appreciation Day festivities! The folks started arriving around noon and
the kitchen was soon filled with all kinds of delicious foods and desserts.
Roger Elliott, our chef for the day and BoatHouse host, had pre-cooked
two large containers of delicious pulled-pork as well as coleslaw and baked
beans. Then all the other wonderful dishes started to arrive; we have so
many wonderful cooks affiliated with the BoatHouse. The grill was hot and
ready to use too for those wanting to cook their own. The weather was also
perfect, with light cool winds shifting from the NE to SE just enough to
wet the sailing appetites. It wasn’t long before several sailboats
were being moved to the shore and rigged to sail in the pleasantly cool
and light-air conditions, including Sunfish, prams Widgeon, Lasers, 
and
Brandon’s new be Zuma. Around 2PM, some 15 sailors had signed
up for the traditional McDonald’s Cup regatta. The regatta began
years ago between Central Oklahoma Sailing Club (COSA) at Lake Hefner and
TSC. The winning team would win the plastic McDonald’s drink
cup and the empty ice chest. Requiring them to fill it with liquid refreshments
and bring back for the next year’s race. Over the years this
event went by the by until the TSC began to have the event as an intra-club
event a few years ago. Names are put in a hat and a blind draw made for
each team. The races are now sailed in the little Vanguard Prams (which
is hilarious to watch). Each race is one-on-one and the team that wins
the most races wins a new “glass” McDonalds Cup and
no longer needs to worry about filling the ice chest for the following
year. All in good fun and lots of harassment of the losers is doled out
by the winning team.
We congratulate Team Captain, Karen Thurston and her terrific sailing
team for winning this year’s Cup. We did take note that in two
races, where husbands were racing against their wives; that the husbands,
to keep peace in the family of course, graciously allowed the ladies to
win. Their actions show just how caring and intelligent these two gentlemen
are! No names will be mentioned of course.
The Critics