In June 2008, Tetra participated in the inaugural Texas 200 Cruise.  This event involved several dozen sailboats' journey from the southern tip of Texas to a destination 200 miles up the Gulf Coast.  For more information on this event, follow the following link:

 www.texas200.com

On Saturday, June 7, sailors and sailboats began arriving at Port Mansfield, TX.  Most boats and crews were from the region, but some traveled in from distant states--even distant countries.  On Sunday, boats were launched and a caravan of tow vehicles left for the event destination of Magnolia Beach, TX.  Once the tow vehicles were parked, a shuttle bus brought the crews back to their boats in Port Mansfield.

At sunrise on Monday, June 9, sailboats began putting out to sea and turning north.  Four days later, many of these boats arrived at Magnolia Beach, while some fell out along the way.  Some boats succumbed to mechanical failure while others found the conditions simply too rough for safe passage making.  Those crews that reached the destination met up with many happy, tired sailors that had achieved a difficult and challenging goal.

To view Tetra's video journal of this trip, click on the blue boxes below.  You might find it easier to save the video to your computer before viewing it.  All videos are in Windows Media Video (wmv) format.

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The video below contains footage of the different boats that sailed with Tetra on the Texas 200. 

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