LEUKEMIA CUP

by Tom

This weekend was the lake wide Leukemia Cup Regatta.  It is an annual regatta that raises money for the fight against leukemia.

After a week of the weather people telling us about the expected 20-30 mile and hour winds, we were all a little apprehensive about getting out there.  It was windy early in the morning, but by the time we started, it was blowing about 3 mph.  As it turned out, it became a beautiful day.

There were a total of 56 boats registered for the races.  We were all broken up into 2 courses, with the Vanguard 15s and the Butterflys in the north end of the lake near CSC, and the Flying Scotts, Corinthians and miscellaneous in the south end of the lake.

Saturday was really busy for our group with the committee holding 8, maybe 9 races.  I lost count.  Many were short, too short, races.  One of those races took only 7 minutes.

The Butterfly entrants were Amber, Frank, Sandy, Burton, Luigi, Brad and Shawn.  Tom and Bruce were part of the race committee in the rescue boat.  And, yes, we did have some customers.  See Brads video below.

On Sunday the weather had really changed.  It was 70 degrees at 7:30 AM, and the wind was just ok.  About 30 minutes later, it had changed to the north, started blowing at least 20, with a gust to 40.  It rained and the temp was suddenly 52 degrees.  When the committee blew the horn to signal that there would be no racing, a big cheer went up from the crowd.

Frank won the first place prize in the Butterflys, with Burton second and Sandy third.  Congrats to them.

It was a very active and fun event.