Houston Yacht Club’s Elissa

Over the weekend of April 6-7, six J/105s battled it out during Houston Yacht Club’s annual Elissa regatta. The Elissa regatta is held every year to benefit Galveston’s Tall Ship Elissa. Winds in the 15-25 knot range made for some exciting extremely tight racing under beautiful Texas skies and very comfortable temperatures. First place changed hands several times during the 6 races, but Mark Young on Killer Rabbit won his first ever J/105 regatta and was properly doused in the drink afterward by his admiring competitors. Has Fleet 17 found a new tradition? Bill Lakenmacher on Radiance stole second by one point from Bee Bednar on Stinger. A great time was had by all.