Banderas Bay Regatta 2013-part 1

Well we have completed the Banderas Bay Regatta. It was a lot of preparation, a lot of racing and a lot of fun. We took third overall in the Cruising Cat Division.

The Vallarta Yacht Club did a spectacular job putting together five nights of food and entertainment--not to mention racing.

The first night was a Welcome Party with Aztec dancers. This video shows a number of costumed people.

This guy looked like he was going to eat us. Really. See the close up here.

 We had a practice start day and practice race on the first day.

Second day was the parade and the first race.

Per the Facebook page of Banderas Bay Regatta 2013, we won second place behind the sushi chefs. but at the Awards Ceremony they gave the second place trophy to another Lagoon in our class that did not dress up. Not sure what the truth really is but I think we were second! Here is first place.


The parade was really fun once I had an idea. The theme was Finding Nemo.

Defending Champions--Moon Dance--Nice young kids out sailing the world! They were hilarious.


Here we are below. Our Crew is Ray and Chicgaila Wood from S/V Sea Note and Ray's brother Ken and wife Donna from Canada.

The title of one of our photos on Facebook says:
"2nd Place Sun Baby and the turtles." Woohoo!

Banderas Bay Regatta parade. Yes, that is me with the hula hoop!