Ugotta Regatta

The Ugotta Regatta, sponsored by Credit Suisse, took place from July 26-28 at Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Spring, MI. Six J/105s competed. For the tour of bay on Saturday, the course was 18 miles under overcast skies with variable winds building to 18 knots over 4 hours. Mac/Bayview winner Perydactal (Mark Symonds) participated. Why not do the 2 Mac races and finish buoy racing in Harbor Springs? Little Traverse Sailors, a boat of primarily junior sailors came in second, showing that the J/105 is a great boat for juniors to compete in high end regattas. Carter Williams’ Creative Destruction won the J/105 division, and was overall winner for regatta (beating out Wind quest, J/111s, Gl70s, Melges, etc.). This was the first time a J/105 won the entire regatta.