2015 King of Spain Regatta – Buckingham and Sperry posted great scores

by Paul Cayard on 13 Jul 2015 16 Stars turned up in Marina del Rey this weekend to contest the King of Spain regatta. The conditions couldn’t have been better with eight to ten knots for all six races.

Jimmy Buckingham and Austin Sperry posted great scores to win the regatta with seven points. They won three of the six races with great speed. Danny and I sailed well to finish second with nine points and Andy MacDonnald and Brad Nichol finished third.

The best part of the weekend for me was the last race. Danny and I switched places and he steered his first Star race. Danny had a great start, we had decent speed and we were first to the windward mark! I doubt I was first to the first windward mark of my first race steering a Star. Very proud of my son! What can I say?

I think we upped the level on the fun meter.

Next event if the Lipton Cup in Santa Barbara August 8-9.