Michael Falk, the Race Chairman of the Bear Lake Yacht Club has kindly extended an invitation to their Huntsman Cup Regatta taking place this Saturday, May 23. The race is a fundraiser for the Pece House / Huntsman Cancer Institute.

Race notice can be viewed at the Bear Lake Yacht Club forum, or contact for more information.

Friday Night: Prime rib and Karoke at the Bear Lake West Club House
Saturday 11am: Skippers Meeting at the Garden City / Bear Lake Marina Pavaillion at the North end of the parking lot
Saturday 1-1:30pm: The race begins
Saturday night at the Marina. Cocktail hour 5-6, Dinner 6-7, Karoke 7-10. BYOB and dish to pass. All welcome, members and non-members.

For those of you that are interested in distance racing, tomorrow is the last of a 6 day, 550 mile catamaran race up the coast of Florida and Georgia. The Tybee 500 is now one of the most popular distance races in the world of catamaran sailing and has pretty much taken over for the Worrell 1000 that not longer exists. This year was a very unique year for the race in that there were more than double the usual 10 or so teams that compete every year with 24 boats. Also unique this year is the number of Formula 18s competing (7 total, looks like 3 Hobie Tigers and 4 Nacra Infusions). » Read more after the jump →