Great job guys - sounds like you 'done good'.
Looking forward to a bunch of en route pics.
Robert N. Blair 65 Yellow BJ8 rnbmail@yahoo.com
--- On Fri, 9/19/08, awgertoo@aol.com <awgertoo@aol.com> wrote:
> From: awgertoo@aol.com <awgertoo@aol.com>
> Subject: [Healeys] Targa Newfoundland--Leg 5 (conclusion)
> To: healeys@autox.team.net, Orbittor@aol.com, tourv@erols.com,
soritt@earthlink.net, meredith.oritt@wolfgangpuck.com, caahc@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 5:51 PM
> What a great day!? We ran all legs at either Targa or Trophy
> speeds and finished without a hitch with AHX 12?running
> strong across the flying finish line, following which?we had
> a 10 or so mile transit into Saint John's?for a
> ceremonial?"finish" down on the?quay.??
>
> The?city is built into a bowl around the harbor which is
> about 1/4 mile wide and perhaps 3/4 mile long with a narrow
> (fortified) entrance from the Atlantic.? St. John's is a
> deepwater port?with an Old Town which?attracts cruise
> liners, and as we?slanted down the steep narrow streets
> towards the water we could see a big white ship ( The
> "Aurora" out of Hamilton, Bermuda) tied to the
> quay just down from "The Keg" where?a few thousand
> folks were posted to watch the cars enter amidst great
> fanfare.?
>
> About 50 feet from the line 12 suddenly died?and?when
> Michael pushed the starter button there was nothing!? After
> a few attempts?at push-starting we gave up and threw a tow
> strap to our other "Bricks and Brute"?team car
> "Betty" which?came in right behind us, and in true
> team fashion "12" was?towed across the?line by a
> red Mini tugboat.? The crowds went wild!
>
> After an hour's decompressing we began to sort out the
> problem and?as we were working with a test light the heroic
> sounds of "Oh Canada" (the Canadian National
> Anthem)?came out over?"Aurora's" loudspeakers
> as she?pulled away from the seawall.? We soon discovered a
> blown main fuse and with a quick replacement "12"
> fired right up--at that very moment the thin reedy strain of
> "Amazing Grace" played on a bagpipe came from the
> ship.? Quite a?dramatic conclusion to a wonderful event.
>
> Tomorrow is a lay day with things concluding at an Awards
> banquet tomorrow night.? I don't know where we
> stand--this morning we were about 15th overall and may have
> moved up a few notches.??I know we will win our class as we
> are the only one's in it!
>
> More tomorrow--Michael Oritt
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