The 2008 event was our 25th regatta. Lots of celebrations were had about that including a cake with candles and a poster that everyone signed for display in the trophy case. Saturday morning we were greeted with flat water and nearly no breeze. We went out, sailed a leg and the committee towed the fleet home for lunch.

After lunch we were greeted by 3 to 12 mph winds from the East. Easterly winds must cross over 1200 foot hills before arriving at 680 foot above seal level Lake Travis. The winds were consistently centered around about 90 degrees but the winds were extremely tricky to navigate. The fleet enjoyed four fine 45 minute races at the front and endured four annoying one hour races at the back. The near perfect sunny blue sky day made up for any suffering on the course.

Sunday morning the fleet was greeted by cooler temperatures and cloudy skies and lots of wind. The wind again centered around easterly but the shifts were huge and the velocity changes were outrageous. Even the sailors at the top of the fleet occasionally found themselves fully hiked and lying in the water while frantically yanking their tillers to avoid a weather capsize or the dreaded "in irons while backing past the fleet" condition.

Eric Faust had a weekend to remember. He was leading the event after six races and all he really needed to do was sail around the course a couple more times to claim the title. He made it through 2 1/2 of the four weather legs and then drifted back to the harbor with a torn sail and a three piece mast. As Eric Frantically scrambled to find parts, a sail and re-rig he was unaware Doug Kern, who won race seven and led the regatta by 4 points had more important things to do than sail the last race. Doug has young daughters and, when your kids are that age, Easter egg hunts trump sailboat races. Eric returned to the course with a six point lead and his favorite left side favored shifty wind conditions.

Gavin Rudolph took off the official Easter Champion Belt and presented it to Eric.

Yellow means: signed up as Radial. The Radial fleet was too small so full rigs were provided and rig switching per race condition for the yellow highlighted numbers was absolutely encouraged.

2008 Easter Laser Regatta

Pos	Name	Sail #	Race 1	Racce 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	TOTAL	W/ Drop
1	Eric Faust	4020	2	1	2	2	2	1	22	3	35	13
2	Doug Kern	1275	1	5	3	1	6	11	1	22	50	28
3	Don Brown	8268	5	13	8	3	3	3	3	4	42	29
4	Doug Peckover	9482	16	2	5	12	1	8	2	1	47	31
5	Bruce Martinson	9089	9	9	12	5	5	7	5	6	58	46
6	Gavin Rudolph	8103	8	7	6	6	4	6	11	20	68	48
7	Neall Martin	9947	13	15	4	15	10	5	4	2	68	53
8	Fred Schroth	5002	6	8	9	7	11	2	12	13	68	55
9	Ravi Subramanian	8699	4	10	1	11	13	17	10	7	73	56
10	David Morgan	1854	18	4	11	10	7	10	8	9	77	59
11	James Freedman	1032	7	16	16	16	8	4	9	5	81	65
12	David Grogono	6263	17	12	15	4	15	9	17	10	99	82
13	Shawn Ryan	8900	15	18	17	9	14	18	14	8	113	95
14	Bob Wolf	11	14	17	7	18	20	13	16	19	124	104
15	Bruce Moore	6854	22	19	20	20	9	15	7	16	128	106
16	Bill Mitchell	8139	21	22	23	22	12	16	6	11	133	110
17	Charie Buller	5852	10	6	10	13	22	30	30	30	151	121
18	Kevin Gunn	3081	11	23	18	23	24	23	20	18	160	136
19	Colin Feik	111	27	24	25	36	17	17	13	14	173	137
20	Nicholas Huffeldt	1058	20	25	21	26	18	21	21	12	164	138
21	Luke Holmes	7677	3	20	24	8	30	30	30	30	175	145
22	Robert Goodson	5858	12	11	14	19	30	30	30	30	176	146
23	Steve Ehlers	658	30	28	29	28	19	14	15	15	178	148
24	Cal Herman	2308	24	14	28	27	16	12	30	30	181	151
25	Mike Mashl	1157	31	35	22	25	21	22	18	17	191	156
26	Renee Ruais – R	2453	19	21	13	14	30	30	30	30	187	157
27	Nelson Reynolds	1911	29	3	19	21	30	30	30	30	192	162
28	Pierre Bossart	5239	32	29	26	29	23	20	19	21	199	167
29	John O'Riordan	22	23	26	30	17	30	30	30	30	216	186
30	Janet Rupert – R	7349	27	34	27	30	30	30	30	30	238	204
31	Ann Marie Hoover	9816	37	30	32	24	30	30	30	30	243	206
32	Billy Eno	7261	25	31	31	36	30	30	30	30	243	207
33	Marshall Woodson	9516	36	27	33	32	30	30	30	30	248	212
34	Bill Hawk	533	26	32	34	36	30	30	30	30	248	212
35	Lucy Lingard	8884	28	33	37	35	30	30	30	30	253	216
36	Britt Feik	8109	33	38	35	31	30	30	30	30	257	219
37	John A. Holmes	19	38	36	36	33	30	30	30	30	263	225
38	Ariana Cobb – R	2139	34	37	39	34	30	30	30	30	264	225
39	Jay Chenin – R	5131	35	40	38	36	30	30	30	30	269	229
40	Scott Bryan	9827	39	40	40	36	30	30	30	30	275	235

2008 Easter Laser Regatta Masters
Pos	Name	pts	Sail #	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	TOTAL	w/ Drop	Masters score
1	Doug Peckover		9482	9	2	4	8	1	4	2	1	31	22	22
2	Eric Faust	14	4020	2	1	2	2	2	1	14	2	26	12	26
3	Doug Kern	14	1275	1	5	3	1	4	7	1	20	42	22	36
4	Bruce Martinson	7	9089	5	8	9	4	3	3	3	3	38	29	36
5	Fred Schroth		5002	4	7	6	5	7	2	8	8	47	39	39
6	David Morgan	7	1854	11	4	8	6	5	6	6	5	51	40	47
7	Ravi Subramanian	14	8699	3	9	1	7	9	12	7	4	52	40	54
8	David Grogono	14	6263	10	10	11	3	10	5	11	6	66	55	69
9	Bill Mitchell		8139	13	14	16	14	8	11	4	7	87	71	71
10	Bob Wolf	7	11	8	11	5	11	12	8	10	13	78	65	72
11	Bruce Moore	7	6854	14	12	14	12	6	10	5	10	83	69	76
12	Charie Buller	7	5852	6	6	7	9	14	20	20	20	102	82	89
13	Kevin Gunn		3081	7	15	12	15	16	15	20	12	112	92	92
14	Steve Ehlers	7	658	18	17	19	17	11	9	9	9	109	90	97
15	Mike Mashl	7	1157	19	21	15	16	13	14	12	11	121	100	107
16	Nelson Reynolds	7	1911	17	3	13	13	17	20	20	20	123	103	110
17	Pierre Bossart		5239	20	18	17	18	15	13	13	21	135	114	114
18	Renee Ruais – R	14	2453	12	13	10	10	20	20	20	20	125	105	119
19	Janet Rupert – R	7	7349	16	20	18	19	20	20	20	20	153	133	140
20	Bill Hawk	7	533	15	19	21	25	20	20	20	20	160	135	142
21	Marshall Woodson	7	9516	23	16	20	21	20	20	20	20	160	137	144
22	Britt Feik	7	8109	21	23	22	20	20	20	20	20	166	143	150
23	John A. Holmes	7	19	24	22	23	22	20	20	20	20	171	147	154
24	Scott Bryan	7	9827	25	24	25	24	20	20	20	20	178	153	160
25	Jay Chenin – R	14	5131	22	23	24	23	20	20	20	20	172	148	162

Masters points in third column 55 and up scored scratch. 45 to 54 scored with one point per race added. 35 to 44 scored with 2 extra points