Big Dinghy Regatta

April 17, 2012

With a busy racing weekend Richmond YC's Big Dinghy sort of got lost on the agenda. With the El Toros doing the Bullship and chicks sailing in the Women Skippers Regatta, the Big Dinghy still offered up some great racing around the buoys on Saturday and a pursuit race around two islands on Sunday, all in moderate breeze.

A Byte does a horizon job on a DeWitt Dinghy. ©2012 norcalsailing.com

Snipes, Bytes, Thistles, I-14s, Wylie Wabbits, Formula 18s, a multihull open class, and two monohulls open classes raced at Southampton Shoals or inside the Richmond breakwater on Saturday.

In Sunday's pursuit race, 11 boats raced the short course around Brooks Island only, and 28 raced the long course, which included Red Rock too, 26 of whom finished.

Bob Cronin finished third in the pursuit race in his Sunfish. George Wilson (in the background) finished fifth. The Sunfish did very well. They raced the short course, around Brooks Island only. ©2012 norcalsailing.com

Craig Perez won the short course in his Banshee. Phillip Meredith on a Hobie Wildcat won the long course. Cats took the top five long course places. ©2012 norcalsailing.com