2013 Butterfly Single-Handed Nationals

by Pam

The Butterfly Single-Handed Nationals are being held June 19-21 at Spring Lake, Michigan.  Doug, Gary, Paul and young Geoff will all be heading North to compete.  Apparently, Geoff's birthday is this coming week and he will no longer be a junior and will be sailing in the adult class.  That's okay though, because he took 3rd in the recent Wrangle Regatta and then the next weekend, he sailed a full rig Laser in his first Laser regatta and took third as well.  I suspect he can hold his own against the adults and may very well come home with some trophies, if not the big trophy.  If he gets his wind, he'll be hard to beat.

For those that would like to keep up with the racing, the Nationals are being hosted by Spring Lake Yacht Club and they have a fantastic webcam that you can manipulate from your computer and move it around to watch the comings and goings, rigging and even some of the racing.  

Enjoy - http://www.springlakeyachtclub.com/OurClub/WebCam.aspx

For those watching from home, I'm told Doug has the colored sail

Update:  4 races on Thursday - young Geoff appears to be in the lead with a 2 3 3 4.