This is the 5th year of the TEXAS Sail Club’s “Raid” up the South Texas Coast.  This year, as it was last year, will start in Port Isabel, Texas with stops in Port Mansfield/Jetties,  Happt’s Cut, then a big to-do at the Padre island Yacht Club, with a Last stop at Paul’s Mott.

There will be a “first” for the Texas 200 Sail Club, as there will be a wedding at the Paul’s Mott over night. What a way to start a life with another person! On a Raid, by a Captain, of a Small Boat.  Good luck to the newlyweds!

Boats have been as small as a 4X8 sheet of plywood, and just as square,  to the larger white plastic sail boats that everyone sees, –  and everything in between. From Mono hull’s to Cat’s, and Tri’s they’re all there.

As with any time of year in Texas, one can expect great weather. That is, if one is from Texas and understands that Texas Weather can be from just warm “upper 90’s” to the warmer 115◦ plus.  And the wind can be from nothing to gale force.  As it was last year, we started in a calm and light wind, and ended with small craft warnings all up the coast.

What a way to live!  Sailing in the coastal waters of Texas, in the Summer and nothing to worry about but your self, “Your Boat” and where you’re going next!  Some of the sailors and boats come from ‘’All’’ over the Country, just to sail and RAID the Coast of  Texas!

This year the start is on the 11th of June and finishes here in Seadrift, Texas on the afternoon of the 15th.

Come on down and watch the boats finish this 200 mile Raid, “run up the Coast”.  And everyone that finishes, is a Winner!  The winning is making it the 200 miles.  And most do!

Jack LaBarge
Just a Member of the Raid