Half Moon Bay Yacht Club’s Pumpkin Roundup Regatta Chases Golden Gourd

Half Moon Bay Yacht Club hosted their highly anticipated annual Pumpkin Roundup Regatta on October 26. Kids of all ages, fiendish friends and families, and ghoulish guests all had a blast. A colorful cast of costumed competitors cruised onto the course in a collection of craft powered only by mysterious and invisible forces.

Crews chased down a collection of coveted floating prizes worth various point values. Pumpkins bobbed in Pillar Point Harbor beside Halloween-themed targets like tombstones, ghosts, goblins, and ghoulish skeletons.

The most prized pick was a glittering “golden gourd” painted to perfection. The costume contest featured a family of seals, a flock of dinosaurs, and a flight crew of space-shuttle astronauts.

After the race, participants tallied their trophies and toasted to Halloween on the club’s celebrated beachfront deck.

Thank you, Dave Morris and Lori Rhodes Morris, for once again being the magistrates of mayhem!