Getting Ready for the Harvest Moon Regatta 2010

2008 Finish Line Port Aransas

The Harvest Moon Regatta time is here again. The race will start Thursday October 21st at 2:00pm. The race starts in the Gulf of Mexico off the old Flagship Hotel galveston Island. The finish line is in Port Aransas in the ship channel between the jetties. The race is offshore and about 156 miles. We didn't race the Harvest Moon last year but we are excited to do it again this year. The crew is together and ready to go and see what happens. We do this for the fun of the race and parties that are held in Port Aransas. To many of the boats that do this race are so anal retentive that they miss the fun of sailing. If there was a Bar-B-Que class we would be entered into it.

This year we are entered into the class called "Cruising Non-Spinaker Classic Canvas" I guess that this means we have old sails a flying. Or maybe this is a medafor for the old codgers running the boat. Who knows?

This year anybody can track all the boats that are running a spot tracker. We will be running our Spot Tracker so anybody interested can see how we are doing.

To see all the race boats click here http://www.trackleaders.com/harvest

To track just our Spot click on the top right of the blog to find s/v Barefoot Babe.

We have a Captain's meeting tonight and will get our sailing packets. This will give us our start time.

We will be staying at Island Moorings Marina in Port Aransas

Location: Kemah, Texas