Author: Connie Ranney
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New Perpetual Award: The “Sportsmanship Trophy”
Last year our Association started a National Champions Award. That perpetual award will list all of our National Champions, by class, year after year. This year another perpetual award, to be presented annually, will be started to allow CCWBRA to recognize the individual who, during that year’s racing season, best demonstrated the true essence of…
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New Racer Takes 1st Place at National Championships
Forty-one drivers and twenty-eight boats participated in the 2015 CCWBRA National Championship at Rock Hall Yacht Club on 15 August. The weather was gorgeous, although the cooling afternoon breeze led to an increasing chop from mid-day on. The traditional Rock Hall course was modified this year by reducing its size slightly and by inserting an…
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Gloomy Forecast Turns into a Great Race Day
The 2015 KIYC Regatta, held on 18 July, was another fun and interesting day. The weather looked bad and was forecast to get worse (black clouds and a thunderstorm in the distance, white caps on the race course, etc.). However, as the Drivers’ Meeting ended, the wind died significantly, the clouds blew away, and serious 8-hp…
