U20 Class Member's Forum
General Category => U20 Regattas - Where, When & Who's Going! => Topic started by: TimPorter on March 21, 2022, 05:20:52 PM
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Outrigger Yacht Club on Lake Norman annually hosts the 150 Bridge Race. The 18-mile pursuit style race has the competitors wind their way up Lake Norman to the 150 Bridge (as far north as a sailboat can go on the lake) and back again. This year's event was a spirited affair , with the breeze starting at 6 and building to a solid 25 knots with 30+ knot gusts. Unfortunately, with the wind coming from the south the first half of the race was downwind, where breeze was 6-12 for most of the nine-mile spinnaker run. After turning the wind steadily increased along with the waves. The final mile of the race was a beat into 4-foot waves with the rail in the water most of the time. The team of Dave Rink, Tim Porter, and BJ Jones were able to hold off a VXOne to take first overall. The total elapsed time for the U20 was 3 hours 19 minutes.