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CLEAR LAKE – The recent Konocti Cup featured great weather and highlighted Clear Lake's excellent conditions, say event organizers.
The 23rd annual event, hosted by the Konocti Bay Sailing Club on April 28, had one race with three divisions, said Doug Jones, the club's commodore.
“We had 38 boats, which is an improvement over the last three or four years,” Jones said, noting competitors came from as far away as Weaverville and Lake Tahoe.
Conditions were “light,” said Jones, “But they had a good time.”
Because of no wind down in the Clearlake area, the race didn't run its standard, full-length course, said Jones.
“There was just enough wind that everyone had a little bit of fun,” he said. The day before, he added, “there wasn't a breath of wind all day.”
Winning the Full Cup race was Ben J. Landon, skipper of Backatcha Bandit, a Thompson 22 sailboat, in a time of 14:53:16. He was followed by Tom Burden skippering Layla, an Ultimate 20, in 15:13:32. John Andrew, skippering Cinderella Story, another Ultimate 20, came in at 15:13:47.
In the Half Cup, Ray Proffitt, skippering Lusty, a Balboa 26 SK, finished in 15:07:23, followed by Jim Westman and Sante, a Capre 26 WK, who was two minutes behind, with Robert Walmsley's BoB's Cat, a Catalina 22, finished in 15:37:43.
In the Multi-Hull division, Bill Erkelens skippering E2, a Tornado 20 cat, finished first in a time of 14:47:21. Paul and Laura Hastings aboard Habit 1, a Corsair 28, finished in 15:47:28.
Jones estimated that, over the years, 80-percent of the competitions have offered sailors perfect conditions, with 15 mile-per-hour winds, which are good for novices and experts alike.
“That makes us the best sailing lake around,” he said. “Nobody can touch that.”
For more information about the Konocti Bay Sailing Club, including full race results, visit them online at www.kbsail.com or call 277-SAIL (7245).
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CLEARLAKE – The US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 88 of Lake County has been given a grant by Wal-Mart of Clearlake to purchase 150 children’s life jackets which will be given away free on Saturday, May 19.
The life jacket giveaway activity will begin in the Wal-Mart parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., or until the supply is depleted.
Children must be accompanied by a parent to receive the free life jacket. The child will be weighed and then fitted with the correct size by a qualified Flotilla member and also be instructed on the proper way to wear and use the jacket. (Not all sizes are available.)
National Safe Boating Week begins May 19 and Flotilla 88 is striving to reduce the number of fatalities by encouraging everyone to wear a life jacket while out on the water, especially the children.
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LAKE COUNTY – The Lake County Visitor Center in Lucerne helped add a personal touch to a group's visit to the county.
When contacted by C.J. Feinberg of Walnut Creek, who wanted to bring a friend to Lake County for a birthday birding tour, she was referred to Leona Butts, board member of Clear Lake State Park Interpretive Association.
On May 8, Feinberg, birthday lady Adrian Blumberg and Eva Berg arrived in Lower Lake to begin their planned tour, arranged and led by Leona and D.A. Butts.
First was a walk in Anderson Marsh State Historic Park on the Cache Creek Trail to the creek observation platform. Among the many sightings were wild turkeys, black phoebes, violet green swallows and Western and Clark’s grebes.
Western pond turtles were sunning on logs; carp were spawning in the shallows. The common yellowthroats were calling whitchey-whitchey from seclusion in the tules.
After a lunch break at Konocti's Classic Rock Café, where cliff swallows were observed collecting mud pellets from curbside for their gourd-shaped nests, the tour continued on Soda Bay Road for views of Clear Lake, a discussion of Lake County geology and a stop in Clear Lake State Park.
From the park’s newly installed boardwalk, great blue herons, green herons, great egrets, a nesting pied-billed grebe and a pair of nesting osprey and were among species observed.
The tour returned to Lower Lake via scenic Highway 29 where the ladies left for Walnut Creek with parting words of what a great day and what a beautiful area.
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KELSEYVILLE – Part two of the popular “Joy of Birding” lecture is planned this month at Clear Lake State Park.
The event will take place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in the park's Visitor Center.
Docent Leona Butts will share her lifelong interest in birds through dialog and slides in this continuation of the “Joy of Birding,” which took place March 31.
Butts will help identify birds and share where specific types of birds are likely to be seen in the county. There are 308 bird species that have been identified in Lake County.
There will be a break in the lecture to view birds outdoors, and a question-and-answer session will be offered.
There is no admission fee to the park for this program.
Clear Lake State Park is located at 5300 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville. The park can be reached at 279-4293.
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