Saturday morning, we were faced with better weather for the Men’s V4+ semi-final.

Before the race started, we had some time to check out the tents that were set up in the athletes’ village.
It’s a good thing we had been practicing so much Mario Kart over the last week, since there was a Kart tent.

Alyce showing off her very own Mario Kart driver’s license!

The men’s semi coming down the course. We needed to get 2nd place to advance to the finals. We were in 3rd place at the island, then walked through Clemson. Clemson started their sprint and regained the lead. In the last 50 meters, we powered up and started taking seats, but it wasn’t quite enough. Clemson ended up holding us off by 11 hundredths of a second. A heartbreaking defeat, but the guys were happy with their race. A performance like this from a group of young guys (Danny is the only senior) means great things for the future of our program.

We left the race and headed into town to eat lunch at Reading Terminal Market. On the way we passed some purple fountain.

Errikos and I ate at the Greek place. He approved, and assured me that we’d try some authentic Greek Gyros in Thessaloníki when i visit him this summer. I’m also curious to find out the real distinction between a Greek Gyro, a Turkish Döner Kebab, and a Lebanese Shewarme. I’ll have to do some research.
Our very own Greek Olympic Hero:

We said bye to Fawn and Danny who were on their way to Washington.

And said bye to Mark

On the ride home we drove through Washington to see some sights at 60 m.p.h.

We capped off our weekend with dinner at CookOut upon our return to Raleigh.

Coach happy at the end of a great regatta weekend: