2016 Huntington Lake Regatta ?

After two years of an empty Lake, 27 Mercurys with family and friends descended upon the camping grounds, the cabins and the condos to race two regattas over a period of four days, two races a day. The lake was full, the wind was very shifty and the bouys were all in place.

Race one was a double sausage finishing on the wind. Those that started on the committee end of the line, picked up a more northerly shift, and became the lead fleet. Mike and Kyle Burch were part of that group and took the lead, holding off Doug Baird and Mike Wentzel. Burch won with Baird taking second. Don Whelan and Kieth Henry sailed a very nice race to place third. Jim and Kathy Bradley placed fourth. Dave West and Chris Krueger started at the pin end of line, sailed very fast, were able to be with the lead group, but did not hold and placed fifth.

Race two was the same course, but with different bouys to round. At this start the north side was favored again. Burch was leading again, but Pat and Brendan Bradley sailed very well and were able to get past Burch to win. Whelan was very steady and was able to get another third. Baird had to hold off Jim Bradley to place fourth. Jim was making a very good comeback as he was called over early and had to restart. Jim finished in fifth place.

Race three, day 2, was on a beautiful morning, with a moderate steady breeze, with not to much north in it. Therefore those that started at the outside of the line and went directly to the south shore were favored when the fleet crossed tacks. Jack McAleer with Eric Stassevitch, were about seventh place around the first weather mark, on the double sausage course, when they went to the south shore on the run they took over first place. They had to work to hold it, but they did and finished first. John Hansen and Tony Basso sailed their best race of the series to become a spoiler for those that had a chance to win as Burch was back in the fleet. Hansen finish second. West was having his best race of the regatta to place third. Pat Bradley was also trying to make up points as he finished fourth. Mac Kilpatrick and Jim Taylor had their best race to place fifth. Burch worked his way to seventh place to protect his lead and won the Bill Bradley Perpetual Trophy. Many thanks to Pat Bradley for organizing the regatta and to Matt Jones for his race committee work.

Pos	Sail	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Points	Pos
1	472		Mike Burch	Kyle Burch	1	2	7	10.00	1
2	508	Axon	Doug Baird	Mike Wentzel	2	4	6	12.00	2
3	560	Old Buzzard	Pat Bradley	Brendan Bradley	8	1	4	13.00	3
4	429		Dave West	Chris Kreuger	5	6	3	14.00	4
5	466		Don Whelan	Keith Henry	3	3	10	16.00	5
6	562	Magic	John Hansen	Tony Basso	7	8	2	17.00	6
7	553	Stars	Jim Bradley	Kathy Bradley	4	5	8	17.00	7
8	541	Arnold	Mac Kilpatrick	Jim Taylor	6	11	5	22.00	8
9	459		Jack McAleer	Eric Stassevitch	9	14	1	24.00	9
10	558		Ben Bradley	Robert Lanzafame	10	13	13	36.00	10
11	569	Italian Stallion	Chris Lanzafame	Jeff Lanzafame	16	15	9	40.00	11
12	571	Timex	Hal McCormack	Anne McCormack	11	7	23	41.00	12
13	475		Greg Clark	Peter Clark	12	18	12	42.00	13
14	431		Bill Worden	Katie Worden	14	16	15	45.00	14
15	580	Pacer	Pax Davis	Chris Davis	20	9	17	46.00	15
16	542	Ol' Skool	Eric Conn	Tracy Conn	21	10	18	49.00	16
17	572		Park Densmore	Pam Webber	17	17	16	50.00	17
18	468	Miss Behavin'	Tom Priest	Katy Priest	18	19	14	51.00	18
19	584	Gator	Steve Jeppesen	Ken Maring	15	26/DNF	11	52.00	19
20	550		Ken Bricker	Ryan Bricker	23	12	19	54.00	20
21	576		Michael Trela	David Samson	13	22	21	56.00	21
22	454	Outta Site	Austen Lysight	Jim McGinness	19	21	22	62.00	22
23	554	Melba	Steve Kraft	Steve Sherry	22	20	26/DNF	68.00	23
24	583	Significant Other	GT Koldjeski	Mickey Grey	26/DNF	26/DNF	20	72.00	24
25	579		Doug Morris	Jennifer Mabery	24	23	26/DNF	73.00	25