State Fair Regatta - October 8th, 2016

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Sharing a course - 11 Butterflys, 9 Lasers, and 9 Snipes.

It was a gorgeous October day with winds 5-10 mph and even lighter in the first race. The wind was mostly from the north - pretty shifty with a few auto-tacks for the unwary. A total of 44 boats participated in the regatta with the Flying Scots and Corinthians split into a separate race course on the South end of the lake. That left the single handed boats and the Snipes on the north end.

Sandy took 1st place overall in the regatta.

He was 3rd in the first race and said that he'd considered giving up and calling it a day since the wind was so light and he was pretty far behind at the beginning of that race.

We broke for lunch after the first race and then Sandy took 1st in both the second and third race.

Way to go Sandy.

Paul took 2nd overall with one bullet and two seconds.

Bruce took 3rd overall with two fourths and one third.

Marshall took 4th overall with a fifth, third, and eighth place.

Other Butterfly sailor prize winners: Frank took 3rd in the Flying Scots and Doug P. took 2nd in the Lasers.

It was great to see the Butterflys so well represented plus even better to see so many sailboats out on the lake.

Full results and more photos in the links above.