Lakewood Yacht Club News and Events

Lakewood To Host Bay Cup I on March 3

Lakewood Yacht Club race committee chair Gerhard Wittich has announced that the 2012 Bay Cup I will be held on Saturday, March 3.

This race is open to the public and race registration can be handled online at Lakewood’s web-site:  www.lakewoodyachtclub.com under the racing button.

“This is the first of a two race series which features long distance racing in Galveston and Trinity Bays,” explained Wittich.  Bay Cup II will be held on Saturday, August 11 with both races having multiple legs which total about 8 to 20 nautical miles.  Overall trophies will be presented for the two race series at the conclusion of the Bay Cup II in August. 

Wittich related that the club will continue the cruising non-spinnaker (classic canvas) and cruising poleless spinnaker classes as they were popular with racers last year.  Other classes will include PHRF spinnaker and non-spinnaker, short-handed offshore sailors (SOS), multihull and possibly one-design.  A minimum of four boats constitutes a class.

In addition to the long legs which will take boats into Trinity Bay, the course will present a navigational challenge.

The entry fee of $70 will include post-race activities the evening of Saturday, March 3, with a dinner by the pool and musical entertainment in the club’s lounge.  Photos of the day’s race will be shown on the lounge’s plasma television for all to enjoy.

The entry deadline for Bay Cup I is Wednesday, February 29, 5 p.m.  There will be a skippers’ meeting in the Lakewood Yacht Club Ballroom, 2425 NASA Parkway, Seabrook, on Friday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. where all skippers are urged to attend for last minute regatta updates.

Wittich would like to remind racers that Bay Cup I is made possible by the support of its Silver Sponsors:  Bay Access and DonQ Rum. 

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Lakewood To Host J/105 Mid-Winter Championship

J/105 Fleet Captain and Lakewood Yacht Club racer Bill Lakenmacher has announced that Lakewood will host the national J/105 Mid-Winter Championship Regatta to be held March 9 – 11 on Galveston Bay.

“We are very excited to have this regatta come to the Houston area for the first time,” related Lakenmacher.  “In the past, the J/105 Class Association held the Mid-Winter Regatta in Key West.”

Hoping for 15-20 J/105 participants from around the country, race organizers are looking forward to three days of “as much racing as possible” said J/105 racer Bee Bednar.  It will be a windward/leeward course with the first gun at 10 a.m. all three days.  

Cost for the regatta will be $300, which entitles racers to a free crane to splash their boats into the water, a Saturday night dinner and party along with the Sunday awards ceremony following the last race.

For further information and to register for the regatta, please check Lakewood’s website at www.lakewoodyachtclub.com under the racing button.