It’s been a few years since Harris Buddha sailed a Sunfish boat.

“It’s been a minute, maybe four years ago,” said Surf City Yacht Club’s junior commodore, who not only welcomed dozens of sailors to the namesake regatta on July 9 and had the opportunity to sail in it, but also won his class. “It took me a race to kind of get the muscle memory going, but it was like getting back on a bike after not pedaling one for a few years.”

Against three others in the Sunfish class, utilizing the boat Blazing Saddles, Buddha originally hadn’t intended to…