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Lindsay Hopper wins first Melges 24 race
November, 2009. "Gnatster" had a very special skipper on board for the November RCYC Melges 24 Fleet regatta Lindsay Hopper took the helm for all three races and scored a 1st and two 3rds and ended up 2nd overall in the six boat fleet. The highlight of the day was when "Gnatster" finished just ahead of Ryan Glaze's "Gringo" to take first place in the first race. That race also included a down hill run top speed of 14.2kts. Not bad for a 14 year old! (Special thanks to Kathy Irwin for the photo below.)
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Gnat Girls do J22 NA's
October, 2009. When asked how the Gnat ended up 28th out of 37 boats, Mary Anne gave us this tidbit of wisdom; "Hitting boats and doing circles at the start of races is not a good thing and it gets you dizzy." Another lesson learned. Too bad it took the Gnat crew multiple times to confirm it! At least the girls held up the reputation as the funnest crew around. "Winning the keg" has always been a Team Super Gnat tradition! The official results can be found on the J22 website here.
Gnat Gearing Up for J22 NA's
September, 2009. Mary Anne has put together an all-star crew and will be doing the J22 North American Championship Regatta right here in our own backyard. An international fleet of over 60 boats is expected to fill the harbor at Rush Creek Yacht Club during the week of September 27th through October 2. (The official website is here.). Mary Anne will be joined on the Gnat by Melissa Hemker, Virginia Hannan and Stacey Szabo.
The fun starts the weekend of the 25th and 26th as both the Gnat and the Gnatster are entered in the George Griffith Regatta at RCYC. This will be the Southwest Circuit Regatta and tune up race for the J22s. It also serves as a Gulf Coast Circuit regatta for the Melges 24s (Hopefully, we will get some good photos of the Gnatster out doing it's thing!). SGRacing.com will try to keep y'all updated. More info can also be found at www.rcyc.org.
Super Gnat Wins SD NOOD
March 2009. Super Gnat went into the NOOD regatta weekend with a pieced together crew and a hope to not be much of an embarrassment. But after posting a 1, 1, 2 on Saturday and the eventual cancellation of racing on Sunday due to weather making the outside course unusable, SG walked away with the overall win in the 40.7 class. Good job guys. A win is a win.
Gnew Species of Gnat Discovered!!
Gnatster Joins the Fleet.
October, 2008. After months of bar-bragging, Porsche trading and drunken promises, we purchased a beautiful used Melges 24 (Hull #131 formerly named "Karma") from George Roland in San Diego. She arrived safely on the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard in Heath, Texas in late August. We are very excited to start learning the boat and get racing with the Gulf Coast M24 Fleet. We expect better photos of the boat out racing soon, but for now you can enjoy the photos we have as well as a cool "Sunday Sail" video here:
Gnatster Photos
Gnatster Video
SD to PV Race: Super Gnat Wins Division 4
March 2, 2008. The race started with plenty of drama for the Gnat. Kelp, aircraft carriers, more kelp and stiff southerly headwinds kept the crew very busy for the first 48 hours. But we managed to keep the boat moving well enough to hold off most of the big boats until we reached Cabo. The last two days across the mouth of the Sea of Cortez were tough. The Gnat eased across the finish line just before sunset on Thursday a few hours ahead of Dennis Connor and Stars & Stripes. Finishing 1st in Division 4 and 5th Overall in IRC (9th in ORR).
More results info can be seen here: SDYC PV Race Website
Also, we have set up a photo page with some great shots from the race here: PV Photo Page
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