Blonde, Ale

Theory: Given a choice between free gifts and free beer, people will go for free beer.
Brooke Marjamaa, Mistral race personnel manager and chief of festival logistics, was just one of a bunch of people who turned out for the boat's first-in-an-occasional beer-inspired work parties. That would be bottom paint she is so eagerly sampling with a chip brush. The day's summary is impressive: topside painted, bottom painted, most of the tape removed, two Pagliacci pizzas consumed. All that's left is a boot stripe, probably tomorrow, and a splash, probably Monday. The boat really looks magnificent. If we had Lay-Z-Boys, we would have sat and stared at Mistral as if she were a TV. Instead, we stood and stared.