By: John Pinney and Mark Sunderman
The second running of the Commonwealth Cup Regatta was held
Saturday, September 22nd. The event started off with a well attended
cookout and registration at the beach. There was no "official"
headcount, but everyone felt there was well over one hundred sailors
and power boaters to kick off the weekend. Twenty four boats
registered for the race which was 25 % increase from last year.
There were enough boats to race three classes, JAM A and B (jib and
main only) and a Spinnaker fleet. The racers met at CYC for the
skippers meeting on Saturday morning and the course was set to run
to Star Lime Works and back, about a 12 mile course.
The race started at 10:00 in a fresh 7 to 9 mile
breeze. The fleets did well sailing to the first mark and were
looking forward to a quick ride back. The wind died to nearly
nothing as most of the boats rounded the mark. So everyone floated
and made the best of the day. The down wind run turned into a 3 to 4
hr drift. A few boats dropped out but enough boats finished in the
time restriction to award 3 trophies in each class.
A tired bunch of sailors met back at the beach around 6 pm for
libations and sail talk. We were treated to a presentation by John
Kretschmer an author and around-the-world sailor. The trophy
presentation followed the speaker and we headed for the club for
energy. Everyone enjoyed great food and service followed by music
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There are too many people to thank for the many
hours of hard work that went into this event, so for now we would
like to thank all of the members of the Commonwealth Yacht Club and
Kentucky Lake Sailing Club and Green Turtle Bay for their generous
support.
Click for complete Commonwealth Cup 2007 Results.
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the event photo gallery.
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