Thank you all for an amazing BAADS Herb Meyer Regatta!
Two racers dominated their respective divisions in the 2022 Herb Meyer Cup hosted by South Beach Yacht Club and the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors on August 27-28th. In the Hansa Liberty division, BAADS Commodore Kathi Pugh took first place with four first place finishes out of the six races sailed. Eddie Elliot and John Wallace followed in second and third places, respectively. In the Hansa 303 division, Jim Thweatt, who sailed with his wife Kathi Thweatt on Saturday and Lisa Yamasaki on Sunday, posted nothing but bullets. On a tie-breaker, Josh Maddox (sailing with Tiffany Taylor on Saturday and Pamela Swint on Sunday) took second ahead of Daman Wandke and Hunter Johnston of Bellingham, Washington. Sailors enjoyed strong breezes and plenty of sunshine over the two-day regatta. South Beach Yacht Club’s talented Race Committee, headed up by PRO Suni Peterson, smoothly ran all six scheduled races over the weekend.
Thanks to our racers: Kathi Pugh, Eddie Elliott, John Wallace, Daman Wandke, Hunter Johnston, Laura Groffman, Chris Burrell, Jim Thweatt, Kathi Thweatt, Pamela Swint, Tiffany Taylor, Lisa Yamasaki, Scott Foster, Tyler Foster, and John Greener
Special thanks to our many volunteers and friends who made the weekend possible, including: Suni Peterson, Lynda Maybruck, Alan Maybruck, Dan Courter, Lloyd Yu, Kent Liggett, Alvin Sonza, Linda Green, Sally Taylor, Josh Maddox, Joyce Ycasas, Tyler Foster, Paolo Flores, Chris Naughton, Carl Pearl, Paolo Flores, Shirley J Johnson, Chris Naughton, John Wallace, Jamie McArthur, Alex Okrut, Lisa Rowell, Tiffany Taylor, Mohfei Geh, Nina Riehs, Kathy Shepherd, Kathi Thweatt, Ryan Bruington, Xander Nunez, Helen Pelzman, Nettie Wijsman, Ralph Vomaske, Ed Gallagher, Orion Sowle, and Sequoia Sowle.
In addition to great racing, it was wonderful to see so many old friends and new faces after so long. SBYC was packed full of sailors, volunteers, and friends!
– Cristina Rubke
For more racing, visit https://www.baads.org/racing.