Memorial Day Regatta


The now famous Memorial Day Regatta, first held in 1945 with some 23 boats participating, is now limited to 150 boats with competitors from all over the West Coast. It's fun to be part of such a great regatta at home. There were 21 Santana 20's on the line for a total of six races.

The weather was quite nice... on Saturday and weird on Sunday. It was cloudy, cool, and the wind was all over the place making for very unpredictable racing. Even so... we improved our position from second place after day 1 to a one point lead for first going into the last race... Well that was our worst race in terms of our finish. It was also the most frustrating in terms of wind. With that result tossed out, we ended the regatta in second place behind a very strong boat (two former class champions). There's a pretty good story on the S20 class website.

Another (less flattering) story made it into the Sunday edition of our local paper. It was funny listening to people (serious racers... ) complain about how they already struggle to convince their friends that what they do isn't simply an excuse to drink beer. Well now it should be much more difficult.

On a serious note, this regatta reminds us of some of the people we are thankful for. Those that in many ways allow us to enjoy weekends like this. The regatta is on Saturday and Sunday. That gives us Monday to observe Memorial Day. We took our kids to a local ceremony. I think it was a good time to remember what the holiday is really about.

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