Finally, the weather and ocean cooperated with the Ship Bottom Beach Patrol.

“We had two perfect nights with warm water and light winds, no fog or threats of thunderstorms,” said SBBP team captain Tom Smith after his crew finished third in the host team’s Donlon Memorial Invitational tournament Aug. 14, concluding the lifeguard tourney season on the Island. “This season was great. We had no headaches, no tension, no craziness. It was the way it should be.