(Lake George, New York)- This past weekend’s 37th Annual Changing of the
Colors Regatta was simply extraordinary. Sponsored by Fleet 24 on
beautiful Lake George, NY and hosted by the Lake George Club, the
thirty-seven teams that made their annual pilgrammage to what many
consider to be one of America’s most beautiful lakes were not
disappointed. Building on their successful three day format, they
provided ab evening of free beer and food on Friday night in addition to
the famous Thursday night “Grotto Welcome Party”. So, that's beer and
food both Thursday & Friday evenings as well as free after racing
beer all three days!!
Thursday
when all were arriving, the winds were blowing out of the North at 30+
kts and continued to increase on Friday and then up to 40+ on Saturday
morning! Unfortunately, racing was postponed on Friday afternoon and
Saturday morning, though the awesome PRO and Race Committee monitored
the weather situation hourly, and by noon on Saturday the winds died
down to a blustery 20+. The warning signal was sounded, and they got in
three races that left everyone wet, cold, bruised, exhausted and ready
to hit solid ground.Sunday brought some additionally challenging weather with light shifting winds, a complete 180 degrees from just 12 hours earlier. The Lake George Race Committee again did a spectacular job to get off another three races, and they ended up with six total races for the three days.
There
was some great racing and some new boats this year from Canada,
Virginia, Maine and Long Island, NY (who won “Best Visiting Fleet”) to
name a few. Two all women’s boats and two other boats with ladies at the
helm kicked some serious butt out on the water. Congratulations to Kira
Munger (Best Female Skipper); Jessica Harris & Erica Beck Spencer
of the SEA BAGS WOMEN’S SAILING TEAM (Best All Female Boat); Rachelle
Cambria skippering #SWAG and Lee Ann Zaretsky steering SEA MINX!Mike Ingham’s NAUTALYTICS bested 37-boat fleet. Fleet 24 thanks all who hauled their boats and crews long distances. Hope you will return again next year to beautiful Lake George, NY! For more J/24 Changing of the Colors Regatta sailing information
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