The Harvest Moon Regatta is an annual sailboat race from Galveston to Port Aransas that began this past Thursday, October 13th. This year, 141 boats entered the race, including several from our community. To kick off the race excitement, Brad Ballard hosted a pre-race party at Laguna Harbor on Wednesday evening. Six boats and their crew attended the party, along with guests and visitors looking to support the racers, meet the crew, and see the magnificent sailing vessels. The boats docked at Laguna Harbor for the night, as the crew enjoyed BBQ, refreshments, and live music. Dave Gohlke, owner of the 41 foot “Liberty” is sailing in this race for the first time. He expects to complete the trip in about 24 hours. And docked next to the “Liberty” is the 32 foot catamaran named “Josephine.” This very fast boat was hand built over a 3 year period by Willie Pack of Austin. Sailing by daylight…and by the light of the moon.
If you want to find out more about the race, go to harvestmoonregatta.com/. This website had live tracking and you can watch the position of the boats during the race. Click on ‘Live Tracking’, then ‘Start Replay’ at the bottom of the map.
Crew of the 41 foot ‘Liberty’, Demitri Rachuk, Dave Gohlke, Tom Dorman, and Dave Passarelli
32 foot catamaran ‘Josephine’, hand built by Willie Pack
[10-17-2016]
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