The J/22 Southwest District launched the 2012 season with the first stop of their 7 race circuit March 24-25 at Canyon Lake Texas. The event also marked an innovative change in format for the LCYC circuit stop. In an effort to build the fleet, the district decided to break the event into two separate events - Rather than two days of races for circuit standings, this year's event was one day circuit regatta of two to four races, and a one day skill and fleet building event.
Saturday's conditions were light and shifty, however Bubba Horner and his Race Committee managed to get two races completed before the winds totally died out.
Sunday's event paired the top skippers from Saturday with the skippers from the back of the pack to work on trim and boat handling skills in an effort to raise the bar for the entire fleet.
As second place finisher and District Governor, Brant Koepke put it, "The next time the team I sailed with on Sunday have a question at a regatta, they will feel confident to walk up and talk to me about what is going on with their boat."
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