Penang Rally Dinner

The days touring done it was time for eat, drink and be merry. The festivities were held on a tent covered lawn in front of a local college. Our first view was this lovely food covered table followed by one stacked with a cooler full of cold beer and a fruit punch. Also along the sides were BBQ,s with several different meats and a lamb roasting on a revolving spit.



Along with the dinner were awards for a photo contest sponsored by Lieca cameras for the rally participants. Yes, we had submitted some. The photos had been printed and displayed, we were pleased to see that several of ours were amoung them. Come awards we gathered in three. One of a Marshallese outrigger sailing canoe can be seen in the lower right background of the Lion dance picture.


After a great feed it was time for some "yachtie" boat racing. Each table was given a piece of foam, a small knife, some sticks and a piece of construction paper. We were asked to build a boat for the races. Several different types were built, from monohull to catamaran to outrigger.


The course was a water filled trough with 3 boats going off at a time. Propulsion was by captain and crew blowing into the vessels sails. After 3 heats and finals a winner was declared. We're still not sure if the winner's had the best design or were the best Blower's. No matter a fun time was had by all. That's our tables entry pictured, a non finalist.


All in all a very busy day.