Harvest Moon Regatta at Lakewood Yacht Club

Harvest Moon Regatta at Lakewood Yacht Club © JM Rogers

Lakewood Yacht Club hosted the 32nd Annual Harvest Moon Regatta from October 25th to 28th. This year's regatta had 119 sailboats returning to the usual finish line in Port Aransas after a one-year hiatus because of the extensive damage rendered to the city by Hurricane Harvey the previous year.

Hundreds of racers look forward to this event each fall. No matter their sailing skill-levels, novice to expert, the "Harvest Moon" is a fun offshore race that ends with a fabulous outdoor party with plenty of refreshments, excellent BBQ dinner, and live entertainment.

According to JD Hill, owner of the J/122 Second Star, "it was a big weekend for J/Boats down here in Texas, as J's swept the podium in the ORC division at Harvest Moon Regatta. In a 119 boat regatta, our J/122 Second Star was the best monohull in ORC overall, followed by John Barnett's J/105 Pesto and James Liston's J/120 Aeolus."

Here was the breakdown of this year's big winners:

In the ORC A Class, the "Bacardi Cup" was awarded to Hill's J/122 Second Star. Taking 2nd in class was Liston's J/120 Aeolus.

Then, in the ORC B Class, winning was Barnett's J/105 Pesto, followed by Charles Wielchowsky's J/105 TEXAS RANGER IV in fourth place.

Finally, in the PHRF Spinnaker Division, taking fifth place was the J/46 Sodalis III sailed by Jim Demarest and crew from Lakewood YC.

Find more information at www.harvestmoonregatta.com