Mack Van Buskirk probably could have gotten himself a Melges 15 boat and challenged for the top spot in the annual Down Bay Regatta at Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club. He opted for something with a little more history and charm to it.
NOT A CLIFFHANGER: The B-Cat boat Happy Hour, skippered by Mack Van Buskirk, cruises past Kenneth Klaus’ Rub-A-Dub during the annual Down Bay Regatta at Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club on Aug. 13. (Photos by David Biggy)
“If all I wanted to do was beat other people in a race, I wouldn’t be on a 1966 B-Cat,” Van Buskirk said following his first time skippering a boat in a regatta, on Aug. 13.
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