The Story Behind April’s Caption Contest(!)

This one’s personal.… The photo in last month’s Caption Contest(!) that we shared in the April issue is actually a “family” photo. The photo is of my nephew Nathan sailing with his wife Sarah and his father, my brother Steve. They were racing Nathan and Sarah’s Viper 640 Rattlesnake at 9,000 feet on Lake Dillon in Colorado. As most people noted, Sarah was intending to hike out when she went overboard after missing the hiking straps. She actually grew up as a mountain girl in Colorado and not as a sailor, but after connecting with Nathan at the University of Denver she started sailing. We’ve always said, “She jumped in with both feet.” Sarah has been an avid sailor ever since.

Coincidentally, two people who submitted captions randomly called this mystery person, Sarah — they were right!

We received lots of great captions, but one we liked that didn’t make the final cut in print was Chris Conklin’s suggestion, “Boom Kicker.”

Check out the May Caption Contest(!) in Friday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude.