Lake NoconaWelcome to the Fourteenth Annual Lake Nocona Sailboat Regatta
The Annual Regatta is always held the weekend after Fathers Day. This years race will be on June 21, 2008.
History of the Regatta
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.
Note: The LNYC website is changing. Due to software upgrade necessity, we are rebuilding the website from scratch. If there were items you enjoyed viewing on the old site please let me know and we will work towards including them on the new website. Toby Howard has now joined the Web Team. Look forward to exciting new changes. Please email storeym@aol.com or tobyatlake@msn.com
