The George Yerger Hog Wild Catalina 22 Regatta and State Championship
The George Yerger Hog Wild Catalina 22 Regatta and State Championship May 4, 5, 2024 Iron Mountain Yacht Club, DeGray Lake, Arkansas Fleet 145 After hosting the 2023 Catalina 22 National Championship last year, Iron Mountain Yacht Club hardly knew what to do with itself putting on a Region 8 Regatta. It was certainly a much lower intensity level, but refreshing and very enjoyable with all the great people. There were 6 Catalinas registered, 3 or 4 less than normally showed up at our other Hog Wild Regattas, but all 6 were quite competitive boats. All week leading up to the Hog Wild, the weather forecast had no idea where to land. It stayed the same Saturday morning, with forecasts all over the place. At first, there was no wind. Then, it slowly started to build. Our PRO, Greg Hamilton from Grand Maumelle Sailing Club, would just get the windward buoy set and the wind would shift. Not just a little but by 30 degree plus increments. The PRO chased this for several different course ch