Meydenbauer Bay Yacht Club Spring Sail Regatta on Lake Washington
It may not have been the America’s light southerly winds became extremely 5 Aeolia Chris Buchsel Ohlson 35
Cup, but it had all of the same soft and variable with 90° wind shifts. Class B - Flying
excitement and intense strains of a By noon, the wind had changed to 1 Tremendous Slouch Scott Milne J-24
grand competition. Each year, The a pleasant northerly, by which time; 2 B - Fast William Weinstein Etchells 22
Spring Sail Regatta took place on Lake the racing for the day was completed. 3 Mouse Trap Harry Brown J-24
Washington, March 28-29, hosted by the Snow was visible on the rooftops of 4 Bob'n Along Robert McNiesh Etchells 22
Meydenbauer Bay Yacht Club, this year, Summerset in the morning, but the 5 Rylah John Mason J-24
under the direction of Doug Penny, Sail afternoon brought sunny skies and 6 Moya Dan Mathews J-22
Regatta Chairman. pleasant temperatures. 7 Gray Jay Dan Mathews J-22
Sailboats began to arrive on Friday The MBYC Wheelhouse served up Class C - Thunderbird
for the weekend long event. There were appetizers and Saturday’s dinner was 1 Thunderbaby Duane Emnott T-bird
a dozen boats in Class A-Flying and attended by over 100 racers and guests. 2 Water Torture Dale Dunning T-bird
Class B-Flying, eight Non-Flying, and Sunday’s competition concluded once 3 Jaunty Neil Christensen T-bird
eight Thunderbirds. again at MBYC, with a complimentary 4 Falcon Sandy Pratt T-bird
Friday's weather forecast for lunch buffet and the presentation of the 5 Predator Craig Burnell T-bird
Saturday had threats of 25 to 35 knot coveted awards. 6 Valkyrie Jim Frazier T-bird
winds. To the sailor’s relief, the Saturday Congratulations to all participants 7 Euphoric Ed & Casey Dougherty T-bird
winds began as variable, 15-18 knots out for helping to make the Meydenbauer 8 Intrepid Paul Beidler T-bird
of the south, then dying off to less than 2 Bay Yacht Club’s, Spring Sail Regatta a Class D - Non-Flying
knots in the afternoon. There were two, great success! For further information 1 Ignitor Ron Ernst Martin 29
around the buoy, races completed. Due go to:
www.mbycwa.org 2 Scotch & Soda Ken McKenzie Catalina 30
to a lack of wind, the third race of the 3 Alo Gary Wilson Catalina 400
day was canceled. Participants braved Class A - Flying 4 Blue Fin Alan Vogt Catalina 42
the less than perfect 36 degree weather, 1 Magician Brian Berg Catalina 30 5 Chinook Bill Disney Catalina 36
and a deluge of rain... ahh, spring in the 2 Beauty Walter Smith J-46 6 Whisper Joe Grande Catalina 320
Northwest! 3 Shogun Richard Ranta Santana 27 7 Tatoosh Doug Penny Islander P40
On Sunday, with one race scheduled, 4 Sea Trek II Tom Madden Catalina 34 8 Pipes Dream Jack Laffaw Catalina 36
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