2024 Annual TTL 2 Bridge and a Dam Fiasco on New Year’s Day
You pick which mark to round first. You pick either a port or starboard piling rounding. Then, you head to the other pylon, do the same, and finish in the Tempe Town Lake Marina. It’s that simple, or is it? I’m not sure, but it’s a hoot.
This event was created a few years ago to play off San Francisco’s very popular Bridge Fiasco. We don’t have glorious bay bridges or a Golden Gate Bridge, but we have the Mill Avenue bridge and pylons from the old dam East of Scottsdale Rd! Start time is 1:00pm with a mandatory skippers meeting at 12:15, New Year’s Day, at the Tempe Town Lake Marina grassy knoll. We’ll discuss the very simple rules, the wind, and course. All boats are welcome; just know that you need to navigate under a few bridges if you’re looking to be awarded the prize.
In fact, this event is so loose there’s no signup or fee. Just show up ready for a fun day on the water.
The basics:
- At 12:58pm, boats begin a sharks and minnows game in the starting box with imaginary lines running from the TTL Marina East/West entrance side across the lake to the beginning and ending letters in the Mountain Fitness sign on the south shore building. I know, hokey. But it works.
- At 1:00:00 pm, boats may then point their bows either east or west, depending on which bridge they’d like to round first. Any boat called out by three (3) sailors doing this before 2:00:00 gets to do a 720. Sailors may choose a port or starboard rounding at any bridge piling, then go to the other bridge and do the same. For the finish, sailors will enter the TTL Marina and cross an imaginary line from the flag pole to the west side of the marina entrance wall—no handicap nonsense. The first boat to the finish gets a prize!
Intrigued? I hope so. It’s a fun day on the water. Remember, this is NOT an AYC-sponsored event, so we do not have any R/C or safety boats on the water. We are responsible for ourselves and to help our fellow sailors if in need.
You can read about the 2022 Complete Fiasco here.
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