I can’t believe I haven’t blogged about my four day marathon on April 14-17, 2011 photographing the Lakefest Regatta! Lakefest is hosted by the wonderful people of Texoma Sailing Club and the proceeds go to their charity, the Make-A-Wish Foundation. In fact, Lakefest is the biggest and oldest inland charity regatta in the country and they’ve been able to raise over $2 million since the beginning of this regatta. I was there to photograph the event and provide images for sale as prints and to write an article about the Collegiate Challenge program that race captain Dave Long started with the 2010 Lakefest regatta. Dave’s idea was to invite college students from the sailing teams at Texas and Oklahoma universities to crew on “host” member’s boats with the hope that this program will instill greater interest and enthusiasm in young people in sailing. The sailing world nationwide is very interested in reversing a decline in recent years in participation in sailing, especially with post-college graduate age people.
Keep checking this blog for more updates about this event. There was a lot going on and it’s going to take me awhile to relate my experiences in words and pictures. In the meantime you can go to the Texoma Sailing Club website for more information about the club and to their Lakefest Regatta page for more detail, including results, of the regatta.
