Current racing news and more from the SF Bay sailing community
Pinecrest World Championships
Classic Sailing At Pinecrest Worlds by Tom Burden The El Toro fleet gathered at Pinecrest Lake August 19-20 for our annual El Toro Worlds. Some members of the group arrived as early as Tuesday, and spent an entire week at Pinecrest. The weather varied between typical, glorious Pinecrest at its best to lots of storm related excitement. |
El Toro North American Championships
El Toros Tour Huntington Lake by Tom Burden Sallie DeWitt was remembering one of her late husband Jim DeWitt’s mottos; "Jim always said you can never win by just following the others." With that spirit in mind, the El Toro Class sailed a different kind of North American Championships at Huntington Lake. |
Go For The Gold Regatta
Go (Left) For The Gold by Tom Burden The water was cold, because it was snowmelt, but that didn’t discourage the kids from the Tahoe Yacht Club Junior Program. As the air temperature was around 80 degrees at Scotts Flat Lake, the four teens capsized their ILCA Dinghies and went for a swim. |
California Offshore Race Week
California Offshore Race Week 2023 by Buzz Blackett We campaigned ‘io in two of the three legs of this year’s California Offshore Race Week. I had an all-Richmond Yacht Club, all-star crew of Hoel Menard and Karl Robrock for both the Spinnaker Cup and the SoCal 300 and Joel Turmel and Gilles Combrisson for one race each. |