Huntington Lake Regatta, July 8-9

by Mike Martin
17 boats

As usual the weather was beautiful for this regatta. However instead of blowing down the lake as it normally does, the wind was from the south blowing across the lake. This caused the most erratic wind conditions ever seen. Boats three boatlengths apart would have wind in opposite directions, and 20 knot puffs followed instantly by 0 Knot lulls. This lead to some exciting racing with the lead changing on almost every leg of every race. The first race was won by new boat owners Jay & Jackey Golison, who apparently used up all their luck in the first race since they ripped their chute in the second race and tipped over in the third. Howard and Mike happened to be the lead boat at the finish of the last two races to take the regatta by only 1/2 point over Bruce and Chris. Bruce and Chris made the fatal mistake of leading the pack at the first mark of every race, thus setting up themselves to be passed as the pack would ride past them in random gusts as they sat helplessly in no wind on the run (if you could call it that). The royal family of Huntington Lake, Mark and Allison finished third sailing consistently in the tricky conditions with all top 5 finishes. Further scores are a bit confused since Fresno Yacht Club never posted official results.