Higgins 2008 a great weekend of ..

Higgins Lake Michigan 2008 was a great weekend of fellowship and camping where a regatta broke out.   Thanks to Nat Sidall and members from the Grosse Point Windsurfing Club that run this MOWIND point series event.   The weather was great with partly cloudy skies and nice cooler temps in the mid seventies both days.   I believe seven races were ran on Saturday and three on Sunday morning in  5 to 15 mph breezes.  Below Steve Grody mixes batter while daughter Shalom instructs Andy Gratton and Rod Clevenger on how one cooks a pancake.    Steve runs  Branch Adventures and thus knows how to cook for a whole camp.   

Higgins pancake breakfast

Sport fleet ran course A while A Fleet ran course B and also did two races using course AB.   Shifting winds on Saturday made for some exciting and close competition with several racers finishing within a few seconds of each other.   

Higgins race courses

The Saturday evening party was perhaps one of the largest the event has seen with near 40 in attendance.   The Timbers restaurant just a mile away served up some great food.  Besides the Great Lakes Windsurfing demo crew there were several windsurfers in camp that were not competing in the regatta.    We hope to see more of those people in the future.   You can come and have a great time no matter what your skill level is or what type of equipment you have.    This event is usually held the first weekend after Labor Day.   Andy Gratton won the cash prize for the furthest distance traveled coming from Oshkosh WI.

The nine Prodigy (Hybrid class) racers really battled it out and after 10 races with 2 throw outs only 3 points separated 1st and 3rd places.

 

Higgins 2008 scores