Hosted by Fleet 19 and Eugene YC

July 28-August 1, 2008

Friday, August 1 - 3rd and final day of racing.

The following report was provided by Derek Martin

Well, as predicted, it all came down to one race - and what a race it was! The weather was mostly cloudy, winds 10-15 out of the SW, some chop, and rain shafts in 2 of the 4 quadrants around the lake. The RC again set a beautiful windward-leeward course, two and a half times around, with the finish to windward. The line was about 500 yards long and squarely set. The starting sequence began right around 1:30 and there were no individual recalls. Once again, the fleet seemed to be fairly evenly distributed along the line but with most of the front-runners picking the middle to pin end of the line. 39 boats on the line - such a sight to behold!

The real story of this race was Nick Genovese, skipper of “In-n-Out”, who lead for four of the five legs. Nick is a senior in High School, hoping to be accepted into the Naval Academy, and has been very active in Fleet 19 and taking the boat on the road. This race was Nick’s formal arrival on a national level and he will be a force to be reckoned with the steady improvement that he continues to exhibit. Nick started in an open spot on the pin end of the line, found a clear lane in the middle of the course, and stayed in phase with the shifts going uphill. Nick hit the top mark first, with all the major players right on his heels, and kept his cool keeping some of the best sailors in the country firmly at his six o’clock for the next three legs. You could just feel that the whole dang fleet was pulling for him, but alas, Jason Crowson caught him at the last leeward mark. Nick then went left going up the course, while Jason, DA, and Gordon Mattathal stayed in the middle/right and just managed to snake by him at the finish. His dad was crewing for him as well, and I’m here to tell ya’, that was one proud Papa. Nicely done Nick! Another notable on this race was Doug Smith on “One Eyed Jack”, who finished the regatta strong with finishes of 7-6 on the last two races.

The team of Eric Kownacki, Bob Martin, and Tom Jenkins on “Alexa” (named after Eric’s daughter) carried the day however, and overcame a 2-point deficit on Jim Martinez and the crew of “Loose Nuts”, taking a 5th to Jim’s 13th. This is Eric’s third S20 Nationals, and he came close last year, and finished in the top 5 the year before. The third time was indeed the charm, and his team’s focus, dedication, and terrific preparation paid off with the overall victory. Eric took the gun on Race 4 and managed to steer clear of disaster on that first day when so many else where unable to, and only finished out of the top ten once. His steady, consistent climb through the rankings and putting up the number that he needed to, when it counted the most, led to the promise land and the crown of the 2008 National Champion. Well Don Eric, Bob, and Tom!

Afterwards, the fleet gathered on the back deck for an awards ceremony that won’t be soon forgotten. The night before Race Day 1, at a gathering that may have involved the adult consumption of alcoholic beverages, Mark Erdrich made the unthinkable pledge of promising to sing “Unforgettable” if he happened to win the first race the next day. Well, life is a funny thing sometimes, isn’t it Mark? Rick Gilstrap downloaded the lyrics and handed the song sheet to all that were in attendance at the Awards Ceremony, and Mark and crew were summarily called front and center and the pledge was made good. This was closely followed by The Most Reverend Mike, who proceeded to bring the house down with a most howling old fashioned roast of just about everybody in Fleet 19. Yes Mike, Fleet 19 does indeed have a sense of humor! Next up was Phil Collins (ably assisted by Jason) who handed out some great gag gifts, with the most notable being a set of rather large latex cajones that were given to Mark Forrest for his port tack start on the first race of Day 2. Finally, Nicholai and the crew of “Hostile Takeover” were given blessed communion on their knees (complete with 2 buck chuck wine) for their efforts in the “worst to first” category with a 26 in Race 3 that was quickly followed by a bullet in the Race 5.

Don Erickson, the Regatta Chairman, and the undoubtedly the most enthusiastic Tuna 20 proponent in the Class, told this writer from the beginning the he “wanted a Nationals that would never be equaled”. Now every Nationals has there own form of magic, but ol’ Don just may have met and exceeded the high water mark for Nationals. It had everything: great weather and wind, a superb RC team, a massive turnout in boat numbers, good food and a keg that never ran dry (thanks Rick!), and the hospitality of a club and a group of sailors that may never be equaled. It was truly one for the ages, and never has a conjunction of such great sailing and such great people ever been experienced. The whole event was truly a special experience, and we all couldn’t be happier for the great people that make up Fleet 19, especially after having been thrice denied.

San Diego’s own Fleet 7 at Mission Bay YC will have the unenviable task of following Fleet 19’s efforts and will be hosting the 2009 Nationals, and it was great to hear of so many team that were already stating their commitment to be there in late July of next year. It will be a great venue, racing in the blue Pacific, and with all that San Diego has to offer, also a great family vacation destination.

But for now, a hearty WELL DONE to Fleet 19 and the Eugene Yacht Club, and CONGRATULATIONS to the crew of “Alexa”, our 2008 National Champions!

Class Champions Team Alexa	2nd Place - Loose Nuts	3rd Place - Disaster Area

Pos	Boat	Owner	Yacht Club	Fleet#	Sail#	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	T
1	Alexa	Eric Kownacki	Mission Bay	7	921	15	2	3	1	9	9	5	44
2	Loose Nuts	Jim Martinez	Eugene	19	908	10	1	4	5	12	5	13	50
3	Disaster Area	Chris Winnard	Southwestern	12	GBR138	16	10	6	13	11	1	2	59
4	Aquila	Paul Stephens	Eugene	19	656	3	5	1	20	2	18	12	61
5	Sea Bear	Jason Crowson	Folsom Lake	12	497	12	28	10	9	4	2	1	66
6	H20 Boa	Gordon Mattatal	Eugene	19	649	11	17	22	3	6	6	3	68
7	Tinkertoy	Bruce Golison	Alamitos Bay	12	911	17	33	8	2	3	3	8	74
8	Team BC	Rob Avery	Royal Vancouver	16	932	6	7	DSQ	15	5	4	7	84
9	Fusion	Mark Erdrich	Folsom Lake	12	927	1	23	9	8	13	26	9	89
10	Fayest	Britt Williams	Windycrest	37	920	13	12	2	4	24	23	16	94
11	Big Bad BOB	Shannon Clune	Eugene	19	115	22	6	17	10	10	16	14	95
11	Hostile Takeover	Nicholi Lenn	Eugene	19	2	5	13	26	22	1	10	18	95
13	Cia Pacha	Chet Bowers	Eugene	19	924	20	9	13	17	14	20	10	103
14	Cocaine & Hookers	I.V. McNamara	Windycrest	37	925	9	14	14	12	17	17	24	107
15	Senta	Anne Newton		4	567	18	11	7	19	13	22	111	15
16	Giddy Up	Ron Fish	Eugene	19	779	2	11	15	16	26	21	23	114
17	The One	Jorge Murrieta	Nautico Avandaro	23	1	7	15	24	28	7	12	29	122
18	Q	Mark Forrest	Eugene	19	931	27	16	21	21	8	11	21	125
19	One Eye Jacq	Doug Smith	Eugene	19	264	26	20	16	26	27	7	6	128
20	Hun-E	Adam Mazurkiewicz	Triton	19	706	8	21	20	19	21	27	15	131
21	Gem	Jeff Keenan	Balboa	2	341	4	DSQ	12	14	23	14	25	132
22	Joriann	Ross Cooley	Eugene	19	474	14	3	25	24	18	30	20	134
23	Orient Express	Glen Chapman	Triton	19	353	33	24	19	6	16	29	11	138
24	Chicken Boat	Stan Bowers	Eugene	19	1924	32	4	28	27	15	15	19	140
25	In 'N' Out	Nick Genovese	Eugene	19	907	29	34	5	33	29	8	4	142
26	Chief Special	Jim Hill	Eugene	19	586	28	26	7	30	35	19	27	172
27	Guano Girl	Lyle Mayer	Eugene	19	205	23	8	30	23	28	33	28	173
28	Cool Cat	Hector Rosado	Eugene	19	777	18	30	31	11	25	34	32	181
29	Hot Rod	Mark Fortier	Eugene	19	99	31	25	27	29	20	24	26	182
30	Atomic Punk	Jerald Skeen	Eugene	19	906	25	29	29	31	31	22	17	184
31	Chaser	Richard Chase	Eugene	19	784	24	22	23	32	30	25	31	187
32	Sunburn	Phil Collins	Eugene	19	85	30	32	35	18	22	28	30	195
33	Plum Crazy	Gale Morgan	Eugene	19	373	19	27	18	34	33	36	33	200
34	Circus Circus	David Thompson	Eugene	19	529	35	19	32	35	34	35	34	224
35	Divine Chaos	Katy Patton	Eugene	19	693	37	35	33	25	36	32	35	233
36	Wild Rover	Chris Thomas	Eugene	19	57664	34	31	34	36	32	31	36	234
37	Mustang Spirit	Martin Klos	Eugene	19	279	36	36	36	37	38	DNS	37	260
38	Tracy Gail	Tom McGinnis			707	38	37	37	38	37	37	38	262
39	Radio Active Puke	Jaxon Skeen	Eugene	19	9061	DNF	DNF	DNF	39	DNS	DNS	DNS	279

Official Results in original PDF format

Thursday, July 31 - 2nd day of racing.

The following report was provided by Mark Forrest

Stronger winds on Thursday.  Six to eight knots for race four building into the mid teens by race six.  Team Loose Nuts (Murschel/Martinez) holds first place after six races with a two point lead on Alexa (Eric Kownacki).  Just one race left in this Championship series!

The following report was provided by Derek Martin

The old adage of “tomorrow being another day” proved rightfully true, as the winds filled in and the 40 degree shifts were nowhere to be seen.  A perfect day of sailing: winds 8-14 knots out of the S-SW, crystal clear skies, temps around 80, flat water, and a well laid out course.

The RC said they wanted to have the first gun go off at 1:30PM, and darned if the first gun didn’t go off at 1:30 PM.  What was notable at the start of this race was that Mark Forrest, starting at the pin end, detected a late shift just before the gun went off and managed to port tack pretty much the entire fleet. You don’t get to see that happen too often, especially in a 39 boat fleet at a National Championship! Well done! Gordon Mattathal, on “H2O Boa”, found the early lane and screamed upwind with a gear no one else seemed to have and led for most of the race, but Eric Kownacki and Bruce Golison slowly reeled him on the downwind legs and managed to overtake him. An extremely exciting race!

For Race 5 the wind shifted far enough west that the RC had to reset the course. Everybody held their breath a little bit, hoping that there would not be a return of the previous day’s conditions. If anything the wind continued to build. The fleet was more evenly spaced along the line for this start and there were no individual recalls. “Hostile Takeover”, sailed by Nicholi Lenn and crew, had one of the races that will keep you coming back for years to come. They had a good start, and most importantly, had a good game plan for the race that they actually stuck to and were not suckered in by any tactical duels. They simply raced themselves around the marks as quickly as they could and refused to be distracted. They were richly rewarded with a 4-boatlength victory over Paul Stevens on “Aquila” and the “Tinkertoy” team. The quote from the team was “it was like hitting a 350-yd drive right down the middle of the fairway”.

Race 6 was shortened at the first leeward gate by the RC and the race finished upwind at the top mark after one and a half times around. This was really a tactical duel between Chris Winnard on “Disaster Area” and Jason Crowson on “Sea Bear” after enough of a lead was built on the rest of the fleet that they could really joust with one another on the last upwind leg. And joust they did with multiple crossings, head-fake tacks, cross-tack-tack back, etc as each boat tried to either pin or shake free of the other. “DA” won the battle and the race when “Sea Bear” tacked directly in front of DA to where DA could not avoid the collision and paint was swapped. “Sea Bear” immediately executed two of the quickest 360’s this writer has ever seen (and I’ve gotten good at them!) and still managed to finish an extremely close 2^nd. Bruce Golison, with Andrew and Blair crewing found their groove today and finished 3^rd, with a 2-3-3 for their day’s efforts (by far the best sailing of the day).

Afterwards, the keg of perpetual flowage was bellied up to, and two very unfortunate pigs were roasted and consumed with great gusto. The band got going as night fell and many a white man’s overbite was displayed while strutting on the back deck/dance floor. A few protests were heard and the results were finally posted. What is clear is that the final race tomorrow will be a battle between Jim Martinez on “Loose Nuts”, who has quietly has gone about his business by finishing consistently in the top 5, and Eric Kownacki on “Alexa”, who is only 2 points behind. Ten points behind these two are the teams of “Aquila”, “DA”, “Sea Bear”, “H2O Boa”, and “Tinkertoy” who will be battling it out for third. But then again, this is racing. And as the 1^st day showed us – anything can happen.  Stay tuned for our exciting conclusion!

Pos	Boat	Owner	Yacht Club	Fleet #	Sail #	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	T
1	Loose Nuts	Jim Martinez	Eugene	19	908	10	1	4	5	12	5	37
2	Alexa	Eric Kownacki	Mission Bay	7	921	15	2	3	1	9	9	39
4	Aquila	Paul Stephens	Eugene	19	656	3	5	1	20	2	18	49
5	Disaster Area	Chris Winnard	Southwestern	12	GBR138	16	10	6	13	11	1	57
6	Sea Bear	Jason Crowson	Folsom Lake	12	497	12	28	10	9	4	2	65
6	H20 Boa	Gordon Mattatal	Eugene	19	649	11	17	22	3	6	6	65
8	Tinkertoy	Bruce Golison	Alamitos Bay	12	911	17	33	8	2	3	3	66
3	Team BC	Rob Avery	Royal Vancouver	16	932	6	7	8	15	5	4	45
9	Hostile Takeover	Nicholi Lenn	Eugene	19	2	5	13	26	22	1	10	77
10	Fayest	Britt Williams	Windycrest	37	920	13	12	2	4	24	23	78
11	Fusion	Mark Erdrich	Folsom Lake	12	927	1	23	9	8	13	26	80
12	Big Bad BOB	Shannon Clune	Eugene	19	115	22	6	17	10	10	16	81
13	Cocaine & Hookers	I.V. McNamara	Windycrest	37	925	9	14	14	12	17	17	83
14	Senta	Anne Newton		4	567	21	18	11	7	19	13	89
15	Giddy Up	Ron Fish	Eugene	19	779	2	11	15	16	26	21	91
16	The One	Jorge Murrieta	Nautico Avandaro	23	1	7	15	24	28	7	12	93
16	Cia Pacha	Chet Bowers	Eugene	19	924	20	9	13	17	14	20	93
18	"Q"	Mark Forrest	Eugene	19	931	27	16	21	21	8	11	104
19	Gem	Jeff Keenan	Balboa	2	341	4	DSQ	12	14	23	14	107
20	Joriann	Ross Cooley	Eugene	19	474	14	3	25	24	18	30	114
21	Hun-E	Adam Mazurkiewicz	Triton	19	706	8	21	20	19	21	27	116
22	Chicken Boat	Stan Bowers	Eugene	19	1924	32	4	28	27	15	15	121
23	One Eye Jacq	Doug Smith	Eugene	19	264	26	20	16	26	27	7	122
24	Orient Express	Glen Chapman	Triton	19	353	33	24	19	6	16	29	127
25	In 'N' Out	Nick Genovese	Eugene	19	907	29	34	5	33	29	8	138
26	Chief Special	Jim Hill	Eugene	19	586	28	26	7	30	35	19	145
26	Guano Girl	Lyle Mayer	Eugene	19	205	23	8	30	23	28	33	145
28	Cool Cat	Hector Rosado	Eugene	19	777	18	30	31	11	25	34	149
29	Hot Rod	Mark Fortier	Eugene	19	99	31	25	27	29	20	24	156
29	Chaser	Richard Chase	Eugene	19	784	24	22	23	32	30	25	156
31	Sunburn	Phil Collins	Eugene	19	85	30	32	35	18	22	28	165
32	Atomic Punk	Jerald Skeen	Eugene	19	906	25	29	29	31	31	22	167
32	Plum Crazy	Gale Morgan	Eugene	19	373	19	27	18	34	33	36	167
34	Circus Circus	David Thompson	Eugene	19	529	35	19	32	35	34	35	190
35	Wild Rover	Chris Thomas	Eugene	19	57664	34	31	34	36	32	31	198
35	Divine Chaos	Katy Patton	Eugene	19	693	37	35	33	25	36	32	198
37	Mustang Spirit	Martin Klos	Eugene	19	279	36	36	36	37	38	DNS	223
38	Tracy Gail	Tom McGinnis			707	38	37	37	38	37	37	224
39	Radio Active Puke	Jaxon Skeen	Eugene	19	9061	DNF	DNF	DNF	39	DNS	DNS	239

Wednesday, July 30 – First day of racing.

The following report was provided by Derek Martin.

If Day 1 foretells how the rest of the regatta will be, then this year’s National Champion won’t be decided until the very last leg of the very last race. Right now it’s anybody game. First of all, for those of you that have never been to Eugene and the Fern Valley Reservoir, this is some of the most beautiful scenery that you could want as your backdrop for a regatta. Coming from San Diego, that is saying something!

The day was crystal clear, and after the Skippers meeting at 1100, all 39 boats (this is not a typo – 39 boats!) were put on call to be ready for the wind to fill in. By 1130, the fleet had left the deck for the short sail out to the course and the first race was underway a little after noon. The windward-leeward course originally had a start line 400 yards long, but this was stretched to 550 yards by the third race, and the windward mark was a solid mile at least form the two leeward gate marks.  The wind was out of the north at 5-10 knots but towards the end of the third leg the wind lightened and then disappeared. It was excruciatingly painful as some boats who had done well, withered and died a few hundred yards from the finish.

After the first race was in the bag, the fleet put in for lunch and to wait for the wind to return. The first keg was also tapped in order for spirits to be kept up. By 1630 the wind had filled back in, the dreaded “I” flag was posted, and racing continued again in earnest. This time the wind held for the next two races, but 40-50 degree shifts were the norm. It was a real test of nerves, patience, and a never say die attitude that kept crews from going crazy out there in the ever-changing conditions. Courses 3 and 4 were used, with the WW-LW legs being 3 and 4 times around, respectively, so the racecourses were nice and long. The westerly that was expected never filled in, and being on the correct side meant being where the wind was, and praying that it would hold long enough.

Afterwards, a great BBQ dinner, many an adult malt beverage was consumed, and the stories were passed around by those that were lucky/unlucky to be at the right place at the right time, or not. Afterwards, Leanne Fish-Bale teased us all with the sweetest of raffle prizes and some of the best gedunk this sailor has seen at a regatta in a long time being given away.

Great job to Don Erickson and the rest of Fleet 19 on an initial spectacularly beautiful day of racing. Lets hope the wind can hold for the next two days!!!

The following report was provided by Mark Forrest

After three races today, two time Class Champion Paul Stevens and long standing member of Fleet 19 (Eugene, OR), sailing on Aquila, holds 1st place with a total of 9 points.  Team Loose Nuts, also of Fleet 19, is in second, Team Alexa (Eric Kownacki) from Fleet 7 (Mission Bay, CA) is in third, Team Fayest (Brit Williams) from Oklahoma is in 4th, and Team Giddy Up (Ron Fish) from Fleet 19 is in 5th.

2nd Place - Loose Nuts	3rd Place - Alexa	4th Place - Fayest	5th Place - Giddy Up

Pos	Boat	Owner	Yacht Club	Fleet #	Sail #	Fleet	R1	R2	R3	T
1	Aquila	Paul Stephens	Eugene	19	656	33	3	5	1	9
2	Loose Nuts	Jim Martinez	Eugene	19	908	21	10	1	4	15
3	Alexa	Eric Kownacki	Mission Bay	7	921	8	15	2	3	20
4	Fayest	Britt Williams	Windycrest Sailing	37	920	10	13	12	2	27
5	Giddy Up	Ron Fish	Eugene	19	779	17	2	11	15	28
6	Disaster Area	Chris Winnard	Southwestern	12	GBR138	23	16	10	6	32
7	Fusion	Mark Edrich	Folsom Lake	12	927	31	1	23	9	33
8	Cocaine & Hookers	I.V. McNamara	Windycrest Sailing	37	925	16	9	14	14	37
9	Cia Pacha	Chet Bowers	Eugene	19	924	3	20	9	13	42
9	Joriann	Ross Cooley	Eugene	19	474	4	14	3	25	42
11	Hostile Takeover	Nicholi Lenn	Eugene	19	2	2	5	13	26	44
12	Big Bad BOB	Shannon Clune	Eugene	19	115	34	22	6	17	45
13	The One	Jorge Murrieta	Nautico Avandaro	23	1	1	7	15	24	46
14	Hun-E	Adam Mazurkiewicz	Triton	19	706	22	8	21	20	49
15	Sea Bear	Jason Crowson	Folsom Lake	12	497	30	12	28	10	50
15	Senta	Anne Newton		4	567	14	21	18	11	50
15	H20 Boa	Gordon Mattatal	Eugene	19	649	13	11	17	22	50
18	Team BC	Rob Avery	Royal Vancouver	16	932	37	6	7	DSQ	53
19	Gem	Jeff Keenan	Balboa	2	341	6	4	DSQ	12	56
20	Tinkertoy	Bruce Golison	Alamitos Bay	12	911	15	17	33	8	58
21	Chief Special	Jim Hill	Eugene	19	586	24	28	26	7	61
21	Guano Girl	Lyle Mayer	Eugene	19	205	9	23	8	30	61
23	One Eye Jacq	Doug Smith	Eugene	19	264	18	26	20	16	62
24	Plum Crazy	GaleMorgan	Eugene	19	373	32	19	27	18	64
24	"Q"	Mark Forrest	Eugene	19	931	11	27	16	21	64
24	Chicken Boat	Stan Bowers	Eugene	19	1924	12	32	4	28	64
27	In 'N' Out	Nick Genovese	Eugene	19	907	19	29	34	5	68
28	Chaser	Richard Chase	Eugene	19	784	26	24	22	23	69
29	Orient Express	Glen Chapman	Triton	19	353	5	33	24	19	76
30	Cool Cat	Hector Rosado	Eugene	19	777	7	18	30	31	79
31	Hot Rod	Mark Fortier	Eugene	19	99	35	31	25	27	83
31	Atomic Punk	Jerald Skeen	Eugene	19	906	36	25	29	29	83
33	Circus Circus	David Thompson	Eugene	19	529	38	35	19	32	86
34	Sunburn	Phil Collins	Eugene	19	85	27	30	32	35	97
35	Wild Rover	Chris Thomas	Eugene	19	57664	25	34	31	34	99
36	Divine Chaos	Katy Patton	Eugene	19	693	29	37	35	33	105
37	Mustang Spirit	Martin Klos	Eugene	19	279	20	36	36	36	108
38	Tracy Gail	Tom McGinnis			707	28	38	37	37	112
39	Radio Active Puke	Jaxon Skeen	Eugene	19	9061	39	DNF	DNF	DNF	120

Day 1 Scores (PDF)

Tuesday, July 29 – Measuring until 1600 hours.  Practice races 1200 to 1430

No report

Monday, July 28 - Check In, Measuring, Vineyard Trip

Entry Form (PDF)

Notice of Race (PDF)

List of Entrants (alphabetical) - Updated 09/29/2009

As of Thursday the 24th, 32 boats have registered and 4 more boats are expected.  The names of these additional boats have not yet been provided.

 

1	Chet	Bowers
2	Stan	Bowers
3	Glen	Chapman
4	Richard	Chase
5	Phil	Collins
6	Ross	Cooley
7	Jason	Crowson
8	Mark	Erdrich
9	Mark	Forrest
10	Nicholas	Genevese
11	Bruce	Golison
12	Jim	Hill
13	Jeff	Keenan
14	Martin	Klos
15	Eric	Kownacki
16	Nicholi	Lenn
17	Jim	Martinaz
18	Gordon	Mattatall
19	Lyle	Mayer
20	Adam	Mazurkiewicz
21	Tom	McGinnis
22	IV	McNamara
23	Jorge	Murrieta
24	Anne	Newton
25	Katy	Patton
26	Hector	Rosado
27	Doug	Smith
28	Chris	Thomas
29	Britt	Williams
30	Chris	Winnard

 

Monday, after boat measurement, we pile into buses and head for La Velle Vineyards (www.lavelle-vineyards.com) for dinner and hopefully some form of entertainment.

Tuesday, after the remainder of the boats are measured, we eat some burgers and hear Andrew Kerr's talk.  We will again hop the buses for a trip to downtown Eugene for a taste of local micro brew beer.

Wednesday, after the races, we sit down to a BBQ rib dinner.

Thursday we gorge ourselves with Hector's famous BBQ pig before the annual meeting.

Dancing will happen either Wednesday or Thursday. Then Friday along with the awards, we nibble on finger foods. Of course beer will be provided every day.

Along with a week of great racing, you get all evening meals and lunches, plus bus rides to La Velle Vineyards and Eugene Microbrews, plus 3 t-shirts per boat.  Thanks to a generous tourism grant from Lane County, we are able to do all this for just $175 per boat for the week.

The only thing you will have to pay for is breakfast served by Sea Scouts (adults $5/kids $3), extra t-shirts, dry-fit t-shirts, caps, extra meals and 'fridge' magnets.

We are planning for a good time for everyone as well as a safe trip to the winery and micro brews. We are staking our reputation on having one of the finest regattas you can imagine.

Also note that we will assign boat slips, boat numbers, and RV parking spaces, that boats will be left in the water after Tuesday's practice races and there will be a special area for the first 5 finishers in each race to be checked by the measurement committee.

Watch for more info soon!

Don Erickson

Regatta Chair