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Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.comSee club website for local club race schedule16-17 Governor’s Cup. Carolina Sailing Club (NC)JULYSouth Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of theclubs in the region and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com.(state in parenthesis)4 Commodores Regatta. Open. Cape Fear YC7-8 Firecracker Regatta. One-design. Savannah YC7-8 Bottoms Up Regatta. Thistle. Lake Murray SC21-22 Charleston YC Regatta. Open.28 Jolly Joadon. Opti. Carolina YC (NC)28-29 Carolina YC Regatta. Open. Carolina YC (SC)Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org.South CarolinaSee club website for local club race schedule21-22 Charleston YC Regatta. Open.Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NCSee club website for local club race scheduleLake Lanier. www.saillanier.com. Lake Lanier, GASee club website for local club race scheduleLong Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.comSee club website for local club race schedule28 Wooden Boat Regatta. Southport, NCMelbourne Yacht Club,Spring Regatta Race Week,April 21-22 and 28-29By Lynde Edwards, Fleet CaptainEach spring, the Melbourne Yacht Club on Florida’seast coast hosts a regatta on the Indian River that spans twoweekends. The first weekend is small boats and the secondweekend is the big boats racing.This year was no different, except for horrendousweather predictions for the small boat weekend. The fleetsstill came, although in smaller numbers, to launch from thepark and enjoy the camaraderie and competition that markssailing in Brevard County. Ironically, the high wind, rainand other foul and dire predictions did manifest, but onlyduring the night! The race committee, headed by RegattaChairman Jim Edwards, gave the 22 sailors four good raceson Saturday and three on Sunday before heading in for hotdogs and awards at the park. First-place honors went toDavid Hartman in the Laser class, with an honorable mentionand a lot of admiration going to 14-year-old Chris Nagyfrom Eustis. Dick Tillman, no stranger to the podium, tookit in Sunfish, and John Drawe led the Raiders. In the 420s—the newest class at MYC and which started only last year—Will Moore and Suzanne Dunphy retained their 2011 firstplacetitle. It’s a shame the weather predictions kept somany away, but we’ll do it all again in the fall.On the MYC “Big Boat” weekend (4/28-4/29), theraces, and racers, are a bit more diverse. This year, 23 boatsraced in four fleets; J/24s racing one-design, PHRF and acruising fleet. The fourth fleet is affectionately known as the“Wine and Cheese” fleet, and whatever that name conjuresup in your mind is probably pretty close! Regatta ChairmanJim Henry and his race committees, headed by GerryMoores and another serious racer who doesn’t want hisname associated with a “fun, cruising” event—we’ll callhim “Mr. Cheese”—did a great job of sending the PHRF andCruiser fleets up and down the river, while whipping theJ/24s around windward- leeward courses just south of thecauseway. One thing about racing on the Indian River, if thewind is from the east, you are not going to have very longwindward legs! And east it was all weekend; and holey,fluky, or whatever other local term you use to describeinconsistent breeze.After a full day of racing on Saturday, the terrific barbecuedinner that Becky Henry arranged back at the club wasmore than welcome by everyone. Since the Wine andCheesers don’t “race” on Sunday, their “awards” are thehighlight of the evening. Top honors for that fleet became alittle hard to determine; this group is so welcoming thatAwards presentation at the Melbourne Yacht Club Race Week.Crew from J Peas receiving their first-place award in the J/24 classfrom the fleet captain, Lynde Edwards, on the left, and race officerGerry Moores, third from left. The owner/driver is Paul Anstey,fourth from left. Photo by Ross Herbert.Pensacola Loft • 850-438-9354490 South “L” Street • Pensacola FL 32501Visit us on-line at www.schurrsails.comNews & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS June 2012 47