The first Alum Creek Regatta was in 1983,  and May 3-4 2008 showed us that it is still happening!  There were 17 on the start line Saturday morning in inclement rainy weather conditions not fit for ducks.   Alum Creek State Park is located just off US-23 a dozen miles north of I-270 in Columbus Ohio.  It’s a great state park facility with a campground, a beach area and the marina area serving as the site for the regatta.   Below you can see that the marina area has plenty of parking close to the water and lots of grass for rigging as particpants do just that on Saturday morning.   Â
 Saturday four races were ran and as the afternoon skies cleared the winds came gusting well into the twenties blowing half the fleet off the course.  Several opted to just go short boarding the remainder of the afternoon on 6.0ish size sails.   Three more races were ran on Sunday in light conditions with bright sunny skies overhead.   Below Paul Sandstrom crosses the start line with Joe Belhobeck having been there already.
 Windsurfers from Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland and of course the Columbus area itself were in attendance.  A Saturday evening party for 22 was held a few miles down the road on US-23 at the RoadHouse Grill which was a fun place with 99 cent draft all night long.   The Ohio/MI Prodigy Fleet had 4 in attendance with Dave Chapman taking 1st, Scott Haas 2nd, Rod Clevenger 3rd and Jim Donahue 4th. Â
Up next in Ohio is the Toledo event which is May 31-June 1.  The Toledo Notice of race can be found in the Mowind Yahoo Group files section.  Also the NOR can be found on the Toledo Blog site. Â