Saturday's Annual William Given Race - Bayfield

The spinnaker fleet of over a dozen boats start the race shortly after 11am.

This Saturday the winds started the day very light and variable. The race was changed from the usual  Goderich and return to around the set marks a couple of times. The wind did build through the day and it appears all the boats did complete the race. I had planned on participating in the race myself, but with the light winds and some of my kids and wife coming up around noon I decided to stay put and have a nice afternoon sail with the family. I did though take a group of photos of what one could see of the race at the start from the hill in the lake basin. The bottom three photos are GBYC members sailboats past and present...enjoy...George Dutka

A few minutes after the start one can see the smaller ripples on the water as the wind builds during the morning.

The white sail fleet of 7 boats begins the race five minutes after the spinnaker group.

I could still get a good view of the first group about 30 minutes after the start. 

GBYC boat and crew aboard  C&C 30

ex-GBYC boat - Summer Heat

Believe it or not this GBYC 35 footer is tiller steering.