Day 6: Racing against PDRs
In which we are all surprised by the outcome

  Gene, Kenny, Rick and I got a room in the Best Western in Port Lavaca - I can't even tell you how nice it is to take a hot shower, sit in a soft chair, and sleep on a soft bed after an event like the Texas 200 - you really renew your appreciation for the simple things in life.

We even had waffles shaped like the state of Texas for breakfast.

Back a the beach the next day, I saw Jason impressing some visitors with tales of the Texas 200.

Rick and I saw David S, PDR captain extraordinaire and owner of PDR 287. He was getting ready for the PDR World Championships to be held at noon.

David Gray of Polysail International. If you want to build a good sail for an excellent price, you can't go wrong with Polysails.

The Houston PDR group had won the right to host the World Championships and they chose to have them at the end of the Texas 200. There's quite a bit of history in the PDR world, which includes a schism commonly referred to as "the Kerfuffle." I am a pre-kerfuffle PDR man and while I don't agree with the post-kerfuffle mentality, I do support the idea of getting people on the water.

Boats lining up for the races.

Whoo hoo! The start. There were 3 competitors from the Texas 200: Rick and Gordo in Loaner boats and John G in Chevy Duck.

We even drew spectators from the residents of Magnolia Beach. It was a lot of action for Maggy Beach.

John was fantastically good! I thought Chevy Duck would be heavy and have a lot of windage, but man, John was sailing that thing like he stole it.

The results after the first heat had John in Chevy Duck in first place. I left the beach and headed back to Houston after the first heat, but heard that Dave S in 287 made a fantastic comeback (from 2nd place) and earned the championship. John placed a very respectable 2nd.

And that's it - that's my 2014 Texas 200 adventure.