July 8 & 9, 2000
Hosted by Fresno Yacht Club on Huntington Lake
The sky was blue, the water cool, the fish were biting, and the traditional Huntington Lake winds were back! After last year’s light winds, this year’s wind looked positively too much. But according to locals, these were the true Huntington Lake winds of sailing lore. The wind was strong enough to cause a few capsizes and several DNF and DNS scores due to broken bits and pieces. It took a lot of hard hiking to make it up the first half of the weather lake but those that did it well were rewarded with progressively lighter winds as they approached the weather mark up by dam # 1. Racing dead downwind with the boat heeled to weather and the centerboard raised made for scary situations when strong puffs hit too. The first race used mark 3 as the weather mark, the second race used mark 5, and in race 3, the Race Committee sent the fleet on the very long course of 5-1-5-8. That’s over 10 miles and 2.5 hours for the last race!
As for the racing, both A and B started at the same time and sailed the same course. The race for the top spot was long and hard fought by the top three finishing boats. Tom Jenkins made just one or two less mistakes than his nearest competitor John Papadopoulos, eking out a 1.25 point lead (the “old” bonus point scoring system was used). In the B’s, Roy & Roy Jr. Woolsey pulled off a spectacular series to comfortably win the B’s. Roy is 82 years old! At the awards ceremony, Roger Patterson colorfully inducted Roy Woolsey into the A fleet by presenting him with a bright red T-shirt. Welcome to the A’s Roy and Congrats to Tommy and Bette Jenkins for their hard fought win.
Report by John Papadopoulos
| A | Skipper | Crew | Hull | R1 | R2 | R2 | Total | Yacht Club |
| 1st | Tom Jenkins | Bette Jenkins | 4078 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | Morro Bay YC |
| 2nd | John Papadopoulos | Stephanie Faillers | 5031 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.75 | Balboa YC |
| 3rd | Bob Yates | Pat Kincaid | 5051 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Lido Isle YC |
| 4th | Diane Gonzales | Ray Gonzales | 2833 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | Alamitos Bay YC |
| 5th | Pat Rygh | Dot Rygh | 3000 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | Morro Bay YC |
| 6th | Roger Patterson | Stephanie Carroll | 6127 | 4 | DNF | 5 | 19 | Mission Bay YC |
| 7th | Paul Williams | 4391 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | Balboa YC | |
| 8th | Don Lockwood | Kit Lockwood | 5050 | DNF | DNF | 7 | 27 | Morro Bay YC |
| 9th | Larry Salas | Liz Salas | 6051 | DNF | DNS | 8 | 28 | Morro Bay YC |
| B | Skipper | Crew | Hull | R1 | R2 | R2 | Total | Yacht Club |
| 1st | Roy Woolsey | Roy Woolsey (Jr.) | 4110 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | Lido Isle YC |
| 2nd | John Ingle | 6090 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7.75 | ||
| 3rd | Steve Mueller | Barb & Karen | 4782 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | Balboa YC |
| 4th | Gary Schaffel | 3446 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | ||
| 5th | Steve Hendricks | Tammy Hendricks | 4518 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | Morro Bay YC |
| 6th | John Nugent | 999 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 | Fremont SC | |
| 7th | Bob Spero | 2707 | 3 | 4 | DNS | 29 | ||
| 8th | Greg Rogers | 1794 | 4 | DNS | 6 | 29 | ||
| 9th | Thomas McIntyre | 5126 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 29 | ||
| 10th | Kenton Hendricks | 4585 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 32 | ||
| 11th | Mike Bauman | 5058 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 35 | ||
| 12th | Steve Salas | 6053 | 11 | 7 | DNS | 37 | ||
| 13th | Bill Halesy | 2562 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 37 | ||
| 14th | Roger Hinton | 3906 | 13 | DNS | 10 | 42 | ||
| 15th | Al Perez | Michelle Hazard | 4795 | 6 | DNF | DNS | 44 | Balboa YC |
| 16th | Roy Gammill | Bev Gammill | 2761 | 15 | DNS | 11 | 45 | Morro Bay YC |
| 17th | Chris Kip | 5040 | DNF | DNS | DNS | 57 | ||
| 18th | Jack Vowell | 4955 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 57 | Morro Bay YC | |
| Terrie Smith | Adrian Smith | 4377 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 57 | Mission Bay YC |