Mount Dora Yacht Club Annual Regatta Reaching Perfection
Each year we look forward to attending this annual regatta which is always eventful.  Typically we find the racing secondary to enjoying downtown Mt. Dora on Saturday night.  But, something was very different this year.  We heard ahead of time that our typical watering hole had closed down and something else was in its place.  Now what!  I hope the Sunfish class didn't cause this by disobeying the noise ordinance the previous year.
In any case, we set out to Mt Dora knowing we'd have to do some downtown investigation and that perhaps this year the sailing itself would have to suffice.  AND did it!
The weather was very cooperative with 80 degree sunshine with winds ranging from 5-12 all weekend.  I won't even endeavor to guess the wind direction as my wind dial pointed (until it actually spun off its cradle) in each direction at some point during our time on the water.  This is lake sailing at its finest.
The sunfish sailed out to the farthest course giving the race committee ample room to set a course.  And, quite unexpectedly they used all the room they had. Each race was a 3-lap (yes 3 laps!) windward-leewards. By Saturday night, everyone was too exhausted to even set out for investigating a new downtown watering hole.  To our amazement the races were quite long. Even James Liebl (the youngest sailor out there) comments "wow, those courses were long."  In preparation for next year we will have to do some conditioning to withstand what the MDYC race committee has planned for us.
It was obvious that the Mt. Dora YC members have invested some time in studying race management as their race committee did an excellent job setting the courses throughout the weekend.  I encourage all to check out this regatta next year (first weekend in April).
Mount Dora Yacht Club Annual Regatta Sunfish Results
March 31-April 1, 2007
Pl	Sail#	Skipper	From	1	2	3	4	5	T
1	76188	James Liebl	Titusville	1	1	3	1	2	8
2	78829	Dan Norton	Devils Lake YC	2	8	1	2	1	14
3	76356	Ron McHenry	Pymatuning Sail Club	3	10	2	6	3	24
4	3044	Paul Strauley	Casselberry	4	2	4	11	6	27
5	80095	Fred Hutchinson	Edison Sailing Center	7	3	9	5	4	28
6	84800	Mindy Strauley	Casselberry	5	7	5	4	7	28
7	61654	Tony Elliiott	Gulfstream Sail Club	9	11	6	3	5	34
8	49333	Chris Gates	Melbourne YC	11	5	11	10	9	46
9	88	Curt Harding	Boothbay Hbr. YC	15	9	8	7	8	47
10	3336	Steve Winkler	N. Fla. Cruising Club	10	12	10	9	12	53
11	79298	Cindy Taylor	Titusville	16	4	12	13	10	55
12	59935	Bill Haberland	Melbourne YC	6	16	7	12	dns	58
13	79626	Shannon Fox	Melbourne YC	13	13	14	8	11	59
14	38066	Don Acker	Palm Coast	12	6	15	14	dnf	64
15	27777	Paul Odegaard	Bolton Lake Sail Club	8	15	13	dns	dns	70
16	888	Bob Harding	Naples	14	14	dns	dns	dns	79