Lake Nocona
Yacht Club

Welcome to the 15th....No Make That the 16th Annual Lake Nocona Sailboat Regatta

The Annual Regatta is always held the weekend after Fathers Day.  The next Regatta will be on June 27, 2009.

History of the Regatta

 

Bruce Mike Swords

Bruce Major, a lifetime sailor, moved back to Nocona in 1981 into his family cabin on the East side of Lake Nocona. In 1986 Mike Storey, a relatively new sailor, moved back to Lake Nocona on the West side.  They both had sailboats and spent all their spare time on the lake sailing.   One day Bruce or Mike, no one knows for sure,  started bragging, one thing led to another and they started racing each other. In 1994 they made it official and held a race and invited some friends and the rest is history. Thus, the beginning of the Lake Nocona Sailboat Regatta.  Each year more and more friends and friends of friends enter the race.  Each year one winner gets bragging rights and a silver cup they get to take home until the next Regatta.   The Regatta gets bigger every year.  This year the race had over 30 boats. Other contests have sprung up over time.  The small boat race made up of sunfishes is a site to behold with all the colorful sails.  Later in the day we have a Multi-hull race and the Captains Revenge Cup race with a lake full of Sunfishes. The annual regatta  is always held the Saturday after Father's day.  Come on out and say hi to Mike & Bruce and their friends.      

 

     

Legend Bank is a long-time sponsor of the Regatta.  Many thanks for the ongoing support.

2009 Auction News

For the past few years, the Lake Nocona Yacht Club has conducted an auction at the Saturday Night Awards Party and Dinner.  100% of the proceeds of the auction go to the Nocona Rural Volunteer Fire Department.  Mark Murphy generously donated his time to conduct the auction for the second straight year.  Many others, too numerous to name, contributed their time and energy to help make the auction a success.

2006 Auction            $5,845

2007 Auction            $5,655

2008 Auction            $10,055

2009 Auction            Still working on final totals!!!!!

Looking back on the 2009 Race

As past Regattta participants understand, the wind conditions on Lake Nocona are not predictable.  In 2008, the 11:00 am start was delayed, but once the race was underway, the winds continued to build.  By the end of the race, we understood we could have added an extra lap.  In 2009, the winds at the start appeared to be favorable for an exciting race from start to finish.  However, shortly after the winner, John Womble, and the second place boat of Bruce Major finished, the winds began to fade.  Most of the small boat division was able to finish before the winds faded.  Brad Breeze returned to the Regatta after several years absence and proved once again to be an able Sunfish sailor.

 The 4:00 pm races were, for the most part, drift events.  Fickle winds made the "racing" slow and very, very hot.  Roger Patrick won the Revenge Cup for the second straight year and Bill Crowe prevailed in the multi-hull event.

  Big Boats 11:00 AM   6/27/2009    3 Laps         
Finish Captains First Mate Time Home City Boat Name Boat  Type
1 John Womble Ginger Armstrong 1:27:13 Dallas Sexy Bitch Lightning
2 Bruce Major Bill Major/Kevin Major 1:34:55 Nocona/ Waxahachie/ Dallas All Flash/No Dash Lightning
3 Terry Don Robertson Mike Storey 1:51:43 Nocona   Buccaneer
4 Michael Cecil Braden Cecil 1:53:15 Henrietta Twilight Flying Scot
5 Eddy Leatherwood Joanne Leatherwood 1:59:05 Nocona Last Chance Holder 20
6 Toby Howard W R Tucker 2:02:46 Nocona Desperado Vanguard Nomad
7 Mike Taylor Jeremy Walker 2:03:12 Bowie Pride n Joy Boston Whaler Harpoon 5.2
8 Pat Merrill Jan Merrill 2:05:00 Waxahachie Freefall/Pecan Pie 470
9 Roger Patrick Jo Mays 2:33:25 Nocona Juan II S2-5.5
10 Bill Rutherford Jill Rutherford No Time Greenville Madoudou Boston Whaler Harpoon 5.2
DNF-No Wind Justin Daume Mark Patterson   Henrietta Four Sail Precision 16
DNF-No Wind Robert Smith Malcolm Smith   Montague Ramming Speed Compac 16
DNF-No Wind Don Womble Debbie Womble   Justin Cha-Ching Hunter 18.5
Small Boats 11:05 AM 6/27/2009   2 Laps
Finish Captains First Mate Time Home City Boat Name Boat  Type
1 Brad Breeze   1:29:45 Nocona   Sunfish
2 Bill Crowe   1:37:19 Nocona Bill's Boat Sunfish
3 David Harvey   1:38:36 Plano   Sunfish
4 Dave Lilley   1:39:05 Spanish Fort the Dinghy Blond Sunfish
5 Randy York   1:39:25 Wichita Falls Too Cheap Not Too Sunfish
6 Lance Herbert   1:46:08 Nocona Jaws Starfish
7 Brian Crowe   1:46:43 Nocona Coulda been Eddy's Sunfish
8 Roger Williams Payton Ferguson 1:47:25 Nocona justa l'dingy Sunfish
9 Derek Albine   2:00:00 Wichita Falls Damned If I Know Sunfish

 

  Revenge Cup 4:00 PM   6/27/2009 2 Laps  
Finish Captains First Mate Time Home City Boat Name Boat  Type
1 Roger Patrick   1:21:50 Nocona   Sunfish
2 John Womble   1:27:00 Dallas Coulda Been Eddy's Sunfish
3 Bruce Major   1:27:40 Nocona Mellow Yellow II Sunfish
4 Eddy Leatherwood   1:28:01 Nocona Damned If I Know Sunfish
5 Toby Howard   1:28:42 Nocona More Fun Sunfish
6 Mike Taylor   1:28:49 Bowie Mike Taylor's Boat Sunfish
7 Terry Don Robertson   1:28:54 Nocona   Sunfish
8 Michael Cecil   1:29:15 Henrietta Katydid Sunfish
9 Joanne Leatherwood   1:29:46 Nocona Too Cheap Not Too Sunfish
10 Brian Crowe     Nocona Bill's Boat Sunfish
11 Mike Storey     Nocona Jaws II Sunfish
12 David Harvey     Plano   Sunfish
13 Brad Breeze         Sunfish
14 Dave Lilley     Spanish Fort the Dinghy Blond Sunfish
15 Justin Daume     Henrietta   Sunfish
16 Jo Mays Nocona Sunfish
  Multi-Hulls 4:00 PM   6/27/2009 2 Laps  
Finish Captains First Mate Time Home City Boat Name Boat  Type
1 Bill Crowe     Nocona Bill's Hobie Hobie Cat
DNF Brady Taylor Jeannie   Bowie Brady's Hobie Hobie Cat
DNF Bill Major     Waxahachie Mellow Yellow Yellow Trimaran

 Special notes:

As always, thanks to the Nocona Rural Volunteer Fire Department for supplying safety boats.

The Energizer Bunny Award for 2009 goes to Jo Mays.  If you've ever been on the water with Jo, you will know she deserves this award.

 Note: The LNYC website has changed.  Due to software upgrade necessity, we have rebuilt the website from scratch.  If there were items you enjoyed viewing on the old site please let us know and we will work towards including them on the new website (storeym@aol.com  or tobyatlake@msn.com).