Farnham, Virginia — May 15–17, 2026

On Friday, May 15th, multihull sailboats began arriving at Scott Duff’s and his neighbor David Craven’s homes on the banks of the Rappahannock River in Farnham, Virginia. The Rivah Regatta remains one of my favorite regattas of the year. It’s a relaxed camping event where families gather, kids and adults play volleyball and pickleball, yard games spring up everywhere, and good friends reconnect. It’s worth the trip every single time.

This year, six Wetas participated in the regatta. Friday evening, Bill Croughwell, Baxter Gordon, and I headed out for a beautiful sunset sail. Naturally, our attention quickly turned to speed trials, and before long we found ourselves on starboard tack heading upriver much farther than intended.

As the evening breeze began to fade, we agreed it was time to head back. But as we approached shore, something seemed wrong — we couldn’t find the…

The U.S. Multihull Championship – Race for the Alter Cup

The 2026 U.S. Multihull Championship, raced in Weta Trimarans, was held from April 30^th through May third at the Columbia Sailing Club on beautiful Lake Murray in Columbia South Carolina. The Columbia Sailing Club is a beautiful venue, the weather provided some challenging conditions, the Race Committee and race management were excellent, the food and refreshments were outstanding, and the entertainment was entertaining.

Racing was scheduled to start on Thursday, but the regatta really started on Wednesday. Competitors arrived, assembled and tuned their boats and most headed out on to Lake Murray to get a feel for the conditions. Once everyone was back on the beach and their boats packed down for the night, and a beverage of their choice, the PRO held the competitors’ meeting. This was followed by additional beverages of choice and pizza.

Thursday started with cloudy to…

Fellow Weta Sailors,

Please find the attached event report for the Alligator Run Regatta, recently completed at Lake Waccamaw, NC!

-Alex

Hello Weta Sailors,

The second Lake Santa Fe Swarm was a big success. The weather was warm, wind mostly 5 knots with occasional 10 knot gusts, mostly from the East. Both Friday and Saturday evening we had 12 gusting to 15 knot winds which started around 5PM. I was still out sailing Saturday evening late enough to enjoy those winds. We had 4 Wetas participating in the Swarm. Howard Jelks sailed his yellow hulled Weta that he bought used from Devin Van Zandt, around 6 months ago. Gina Hopen and Terry Wheeler who I raced with at the Mug Race May 2025. Those 3 Weta owners live near, and normally sail on Lake Santa Fe. I towed my Weta from Tallahassee. There was a special event in Melrose, Florida (the town nearest the South East shore of the Lake). The event included at least two live bands playing …