The following is taken from an article in the Deseret News on Monday June 6, 2011.
High water from record winter snow and spring rains flooded out the annual Utah Lake State Park Festival, but didn’t put a damper on the Utah Summer Games Keelboat Regatta held Saturday, June 4 at Utah Lake State Park… Twelve teams competed in three classes based on each boat’s Portsmouth Yardstick Index. To account for the variety of keelboats, the Portsmouth ratings handicap the faster boats so those racing slower boats can compete… After four races, scores were tallied and the following medals awarded:
Portsmouth rating between 90–100 (intermediate class)
- Gold — Skipper Pat Sullivan and crewman Dave Pendell
- Silver —Skipper Darin Mangum and his crew of Elizabeth Jefferson, Branden Espinoza, Matt Pugh, and Brandon Barney
- Bronze — Skipper Roger Bliss and his crew of Richard Oman and Mike Munnerlyn
We had a really great time out on Utah Lake. We sailed in Darin Mangum’s Sailbun III, a Catalina 25 that he has owned for about four years. I love sailing with these guys. Brandon Barney could only stay for our first race. That’s why he isn’t in the pictures.
