On top of the task of organizing and running a regatta, Surf City Yacht Club Junior Commodore Sara Buddha decided to add her name to the pool of entrants in the C420 class just 12 hours before she’d be in the water sailing a boat she had never raced before.
Buddha was taking her brother’s place at the 47th annual Junior Commodore Regatta on July 5 after he suffered a non-sailing injury while “horsing around” the night before, according to their father, Irfan Buddha.
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