Each year I make the trip to Lake Sunapee. First of all it is a wonderful place of the world to go. Most years we get some very interesting racing and some years we just get to have a very nice time waiting for the wind.

This year if you paid attention to the weather forecast you would have stayed home. But off we went, all twenty-four boats. I guess someone was watching over us. During the day it was very nice with some sun and enough wind to race. At night it rained very hard all night long. All in all the weather cooperated nicely. Over the weekend we sailed three races, the first two on Saturday in light air and the race on Sunday in a nice eight to ten knots. By the end of the day on Saturday four boats were within two points. This would make for an interesting race on Sunday.

Sunday morning the weather did not look too good. Finally the rain stopped but no wind. When it was time to go out to race it was like someone turned the switch and we had a good breeze to race the final race.

During the final race the lead changed many times with different boats in position to win the race and the regatta. But in the end John MacCausland and Brad Nichol took the lead at the last weather mark and lead the last two legs to win the race and the regatta. First time Star sailor Bill Lynn with George Iverson sailed very impressive regatta to finish second overall. Long time Sunapee ace Andy Ivy with Bruce Hatfield rounded out the top three.