Stormy Weather Axes Second Day of Turkey Day Regatta

Byline: Rick Roberts LONG BEACH — Over the years, local sailors Vann Wilson, Jay Golison, Keith Ives, Chris Raab and Henry Sprague have won enough glittering hardware to sink Queen Mary. But trophies weren’t the target Nov. 19-20 at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club’s annual Turkey Day Regatta, where everyone sailed for the birds. “We’ve won our share of turkeys,” said Golison, a member of a successful local racing family who won two of the four Laser class races Saturday, to take third place among 35 boats. Wilson took first, with a steady string of 4-1-2-5 with a five-point lead over another veteran, Charlie Buckingham of Newport Harbor Yacht Club, in second place. Golison tossed his 14th in Race 3 over his shoulder like a wishbone. Golison and Buckingham had no double-digit finishes on a sunny but bone-chilling (for Southern California) 60-degree day of racing Nov. 19. Two other familiar skippers — Keith Ives and Chris Raab — shared first place in Cal 20s with identical scorecards of a first, second, third and fourth. Ives and crew Chuck Stevens won the Cal 20 Class Championships on the same waters in August. Henry Sprague led the Finn class with no wins, but four deuces. Sailing for Their Dinners The Turkey...