By the end of registration, which happened to be on the water Saturday morning, we ended up with 15 ORR boats. With less than 10 boats entered we decided to switch everyone to ORR. As teams started to enter we realized there were both ORR and PHRF boats. So lead by the J/88 team Exile they picked a course that made sense. To make this happen, the teams had to finish where I was set up. You see, in a normal year the One Design boats race Windward Leewards on Friday and then on the weekend the handicap fleets start their Tour of the Bay first so the One Design boats can keep running Windward Leewards with usually a short Tour of the Bay mini race to end each day as all the of the boats finish at the H mark close to the Harbor. Hmm, well I guess I could figure that out. I was asked to run PHRF or ORR fleets too. Sailors were here to sail and enjoy the area and we just wanted to make sure that could happen.Īs I was organizing to run races for the J/70 and Melges 24 teams, some bigger boat owners approached me. But the last thing we wanted to do was make the decision by LTYC any harder.
The request to keep everything on the down low meant you might not have heard about this happening until now. We had anchor line coming and we were coordinating with the TP52’s on race course location and VHF stations to use. The Bots were on the way, I had a Boston Whaler lined up for the first day thanks to J/70 owner Sean O’Brien (thanks for that and the stocked Yeti Cooler). Timing was under pressure as MarkSetBot has had a busy summer and in order for me to get the 3 Bots to lease that would be some hard work by Fin Elliott and the team at MarkSetBot.Īs time passed and I was starting to get teams lined up for the new Sail22 2020 Harbor Springs Tuning Regatta, I made the call. Not only do these cool GPS driven marks help keep the RC numbers down, but they also make the 160’ depths of Little Traverse Bay less of an issue to set a great race course and make changes with the swipe of a finger. In order to keep the Race Committee numbers down in both of these events we leased MarkSetBots to make this happen.
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So with my most recent experience running the racing for both our local Lake Max V15 Series and as PRO for the RS21 North Americans in the last two months gave me the knowledge of how to make this happen safely. You see, those fleets had almost half the fleet this year and some teams traveled pretty far to attend this event. That phone call was telling me that the Ugotta Regatta might be cancelled and would I run some races for the J/70’s and Melges 24 teams. I don’t know the exact details but they stuck by their word and that has to be respected. You see, there was an agreement with the LTYC Board that if someone at the club tested positive with COVID-19 they would need to cancel the event. I was only planning on rigging up and heading home for the weekend, then back again on Sunday to pick up the J/70. And they still showed up in big numbers due to the great venue.īut things were about to change. The one design fleets would only get Windward-Leewards courses on Friday and then the famous Tour of the Bay races the rest of the weekend. LTYC downsized their Race Committee in order to keep everyone safe, lined up many precautions for a safe event. So this year wasn’t going to be the same as all the social events were canceled ahead of time but at least the sailing was going to happen and familiar faces would be around.
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Irish Boat Shop starts the whole weekend off with their famous Friday night party with a band, kegs of local beer, baby pools of pop and a great spot for everyone to catch up after two Mac races that usually happen the previous two weekends. The Little Traverse Sailors Junior Program does a pancake breakfast on the weekends and other fundraising for the year. Typically, LTYC seems to spare no expense and they also use this event to help fund the club for the year.
Little Traverse Yacht Club brings in a great Race Committee and attract everything from J/70’s, Melges 24’s, Antrim 28’s to GL70’s, IC37’s and TP52’s. Many sailors bring their families with them to enjoy the best of Northern Michigan. Crystal clear water, sea breeze, a great town, great sailing and so much more. Harbor Springs, MI is one of the best places to sail and the Little Traverse Yacht Club’s Ugotta Regatta is a very special event. I was out of town in one of my favorite places, I was rigging a J/70 for an event that was only two days away.
Published in Scuttlebutt Sailing News on July 31st, 2020 JHarbor Springs, US - Ed Furry was all set to participate in the 2020 Ugotta Regatta, then things changed…
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