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The Second El Relleno Dinghy Race was held Saturday, March 17 under grumbling clouds and occasional showers and was acclaimed a resounding success.
Pre-race inspection
teams did not turn up any guns or knives contrary to reports.
Wild Willy won da dwinking class.
The favorite Little Humper didn’t manage to get off the starting line.
Mean Joe Brown had the audacity to cruise around the race course shooting other drivers with his water gun.
Wild Willy wecovered with water walloons and wistols which well explains why
his boat was so overloaded he had to paddle with the engine running.
Mr. Ed did not finish the race beneath the surface of the water, as he did the last race.
Dangerous Dave in Dead
Don recorded the absolute slowest time of the day. Reports differ, but Mateo was thought to have taken a shortcut with his female passenger to zip over to his sailboat for some unscheduled celebrations.
Kelly started the race by going in the wrong direction but still managed to finish first in the 5 h.p. and under competition.
According to race veteran Mr. Ed, the race course was
extremely wet for the first heat. “It was so slippery out there, that it took a professional race driver like myself to control my 2 h.p. craft named Tea Pot.”
George from the Boom Boom Room made
a special guest appearance signing autographs and telling stories of the ol’ days of Rio Dulce.
In the 15 h.p. and over class, Rich flipped his dinghy over his father’s wake and did a 180 in the
air landing upside down on the back side of the island. He said Andrew put oil on the corner when he wasn’t looking.
Jean Claude gave up his lead to help tow Rich to a glorious finish.
Andrew took first followed by Wes for second. Bernie had time to complete the course three times in his rocket ship from hell with an 88 h.p. outboard.
Expensive trophies were awarded to the
winners after the meal.
No bribes were taken although the first place trophy went to the second place finisher.
About 50 innocent and cute chickens gave up their lives for the party
and at least 8 cases of beer were swilled and about 40 pounds of cole slaw were consumed along with some other real nice dishes. Nutria Bob provided 60 bowls of gumbo and rice.
Special thanks go to
Lou and Cooky for the chicken, Bob for the gumbo, Jim Hupe for the beer and other people who brought beer throughout the event.
Unless river authorities and armed soldiers intervene, another exciting river
race will be planned in the near future. This will give contestants time to tune their motors, clean their bottoms and fill water balloons.
As always, the race is sanctioned by the WWF and sponsored
by Relleno brewery, home of the best beer on the river.
As you’ll notice, no actual race photos are posted at this time since we don’t have any. If you were at the event and took race photos,
please contact Roy at the Crow Bar or race director Scotty at El Relleno.
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