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26th Annual Lost Bay Regatta, PointYacht Club, Elberta, AL, Oct. 19

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The wind and weather proved evasive and challengingfor the three Spinnaker classes and the seven Non-Spinnaker classes racing on Perdido Bay. The wind startedout at 10 to 12 knots out of the north-northeast, then dimin-ished throughout the day to almost glass conditions, but thefleet persevered and completed the course after three hours.

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Thrills and spills dominated the Zhik F18 AmericasChampionship Regatta. One hundred ten sailors on 55 cata-marans from six countries and three continents enjoyed fivedays of intense competition at the Sarasota SailingSquadron Oct. 19-26.

Racers hauled their boats from all over the continent tosail in the historically warm Florida breezes. There was every

condition from dead calm to wind gusting to 28 knots.Its a different skill set to sail in light wind, said

racer Greg Retkowski, who is used to sailing the big windsof San Francisco. When its light wind, you move aroundthe cat like a cat. Every breath measured; every movementaccounted for.

The well-organized race committee got 17 races off inboth the bay and the Gulf over five days. They even tossedin a few reaching finishes, which made for excitement withboth helm and crew trapped out, the 18-foot cats screamingtoward the finish line.

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receiving their framed trophies, a group of rival sailorsstormed the stage and hoisted the two men over their shoul-ders. The champions were carried to the water and tossed inlike todays front page news. In other words, Easton/Burdgave everyone a bath all week, so at the ceremonyit

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were big dreamers or big dummies. We felt like com-plete morons on our F18 for the first four months.

I started driving our F18 in July and with the gener-ous help of Phillip Meredith, who spent dozens of hourscoaching us, we accomplished our goal. We wanted tobe safe, have fun, and not be last. (Or not die, not cryand not be DFL.) The biggest surprise was when wewere awarded the Tenacious Award by the RC for beingdetermined, relentless, and not giving up. We capsized(three times), snapped trap-lines, and exploded a port-hole. But we never let broken stuff break our spirit.

It didnt matter if you were in the front of the packor the back, the F18 Americas was packed full of fun.You know it was a great regatta when the sailors at the

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was time for their own bath! Heck, when you sail these F18catamarans, youre used to getting wet.

It appears you are never too old to start sailing cats.The F18 racers included women and men of all agesfromDavid Hein (16) to the most senior member of the fleet, KenMarshack (63). Thirteen women competed in the regatta(myself included), many of them as skipper.

When I came here, I said this would be the last time Ihauled my boat across the country, said Marshack. But Ivehad so much fun, Im already thinking about the champi-onship next year in Texas. Some seniors get excited aboutdiscounts. Other seniors get excited about racing catamarans.

Robbie Daniel (51) and his crew Enrique Rodrigueztook first place in the Masters division, which is for theskipper and crew with a combined age of 85 or older. Icherish the regattas where I can sail without pressure andexpectations, said Daniel who coaches for Red Gear Racingand has done four Olympic campaigns. This regatta wasabout being on a boat with an old friend, and still being

competitive and having fun.This is my first senior moment, exclaimed Olympic sil-

ver medalist Annie Gardner as she accepted her award forthird place in the Masters division with her fianc Eric Witte.The crowd chanted and cheered: Go women drivers!

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