Pope wins the 40th Champagne Regatta

Hammonsport, NY 6/28/08

Dan Pope bested the fleet at the 40th Annual Champagne regatta this weekend. The fleet of ten visited Kueka Yacht club for a one day event on June 28th. The wind blew from the south between ten and fifteen knots. Four five legged races were sailed.

The five top positions were closely contested. Most passing was done along the west shore, were there seemed to bit a little lift most of the time. Dane Pope got there most consistently and won the regatta with finishes of 1-4-1-2. Bob King was second with finishes of 5-1-3-1. Four boats finished with 14 points, Dick Hallagan, Bob Bush and Clay Murphy. Murphy won the tie breaker on account of his two second place finishes.