Regatta kick-off

The Inland Lake Yachting Association championship regatta kicked off Wednesday on Geneva Lake in Fontana. The class A scows ran the opening race at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The regatta runs through Sunday. Here, the A scows: Lynch (left) and Red Eye (right) both from the Lake Geneva Yacht club approach the first mark in the opening race of the ILYA championship regatta 2016. Red Eye was first to finish in the first of six races for the A class. Lynch, of Burlington, finished in the top four. (Jim Frost photo)