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J/125 ARGO 4 WINS THE 2024 CA OFFSHORE RACE WEEK

Congratulations to Kenny Kieding and John Vincent, and the crew of Argo 4, winners of the CA Offshore Race Week series. Argo 4 won their class in two of the races, and finished 2nd in the third in a dominant week of sailing.

CALIFORNIA OFFSHORE RACE WEEK NEWS

The 2024 CA Offshore Race Week featured 90 boats and over 400 sailors racing throughout the three events of the series which is in its 8th year, annually occurring around Memorial Day Weekend. 

John Brynjolfsson (TP52, Saga) described the race experience best saying, “Few experiences can rival the thrill of sailing with Saga's seasoned crew under the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, alongside a fleet of fellow sailors embarking on a week-long, 500-mile odyssey. This historic week comprised the storied Spinnaker Cup from StFYC to MPYC, the Coastal Cup from MPYC to SBYC, and the SoCal 300 from SBYC to SDYC. As the fog lifted outside San Francisco, and the flood tide lay behind us, the fleet converged down the coast on Monterey, our first port of call. A welcome break and authentic eateries awaited our courageous crew. 

The 2024 California Offshore Race Week (CORW) is here and the excitement is buzzing. The series includes three separate races down the coast from San Francisco to San Diego. The first leg starts off with the Spinnaker Cup, San Francisco to Monterey (84 nm), then the Coastal Cup from Monterey to Santa Barbara (205 nm), and finally the SoCal 300 from Santa Barbara to San Diego (255 nm).

In 2023, the CORW saw the smallest boat in the fleet, Marc-Andrea Klimaschewski's Dogpatch 26 Moonshine, achieve an impressive overall victory. Klimaschewski and his crew, representing the Pacific Northwest, navigated challenging conditions and enjoyed the thrill of the SoCal 300 segment. The event also highlighted notable performances from other competitors, including the Express 37s dominating the Spinnaker Cup and the MOD 70s in the CA 500 race.

The west coast's most bad-a** offshore race is just around the corner!

And the only thing as cool as racing the SoCal 300, is getting a gallery of epic Ultimate Sailing images (and video) afterwards. Plus the chance to be featured in the Ultimate Sailing Calendar, and leading boating publications! Contact Utlimate Sailing to reserve, space is limited.

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Sailonline is delighted to announce that we will again be partnering with the Encinal, St Francis, Monterey Peninsula , Santa Barbara and San Diego yacht clubs, and this year online-host two of their prestigious California Offshore Race Week, the CA 500 and the SoCal 300.

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Dave MacEwen and Jeff Thorpe  will offer a briefing on Spinnaker Cup preparations, tactics, weather routing and safety requirements at MPYC  on  April 9 starting at 530pm .  This briefing is highly recommended for all skippers and crew who are planning to race in the upcoming 2024 Spinnaker Cup, or simply dreaming of doing the race someday. It would also be of interest to other racers and non-racers alike, including Spinnaker Cup volunteers. 

The smallest boat takes the Series again. The 2023 California Offshore Race Week has concluded with Marc-Andrea Klimaschewski's Dogpatch 26 Moonshine, the smallest boat in the fleet, earning the title of overall CORW winner. For the second year in a row, the little boat makes a big splash.

Klimaschewski said "All of us are very happy about the great result and we are proud to be representing the Pacific Northwest and following in the footsteps of our good friends on Pell Mell who won the series last year in another small, wooden boat. Being a small boat, we always try minimizing our distance sailed. We also push the boat as hard as we can, the sails and loads are very manageable so if we overdo it on the gas pedal, that's usually an easy fix." 

Register to join the Zoom Meeting presented by Quantum Sails. Join Jeff Thorpe from Quantum Sails, with Mike Godsey and Shea Gibson from Sailflow Weather, for in-depth forecasts, local knowledge, and expert tips. Ask questions and prepare for your race!

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This link is for all three occurrences prior to each series race - register once and you’re in for all three. REGISTER HERE >>

All it took was a year of elbow grease and a little bit of TLC for Alex Simanis to get his newly restored Pt Bonita 27, Pell Mell , back into the water… and titled a winner. The smallest boat on the course for the duration of the 2022 California Offshore Race Week has proved that it is heart and skill that gets you first overall, not size. Simanis’ Pell Mell is the official winner of not just the SoCal 300, but the overall series winner of CORW. 

Simanis commented, “The Spinnaker Cup was epic. We stuck with our plan of staying out and waiting for the new breeze to come - and it worked out well. The last 50 miles we did in about 6 hours and we came into Monterey on a nice angle and 25+ knots of breeze. For the SoCal 300, it was a beautiful jib reach to the islands. We thought it was going to be game on, but it was really light. We got stuck in the island and had to battle back and forth to find a lane. A bunch of the fleet moved more to the west and we ended up sneaking towards more of the east breeze that filled in. We were able to catch up to the 1D35 and J/111 and the bigger boats for the run. Our boat is pretty quick on the run, so nobody got away from us.”

On Saturday May 28th, 30 boats departed San Francisco on the 1st leg of the California Offshore Race Week, The Spinnaker Cup, 86 miles of downhill fun, from San Francisco to Monterey. In the midst and in the mist, an improbable contestant, that had been ignored, more than it had been sailed recently and much less raced. Originally built in the mid 80's by Dave Sutter, the Point Bonita 27' Pell Mell was designed to be more of a cruiser, with inspiration from the Dogpatch 26, without the hard chines below the waterline. Her ample room below decks makes things more comfortable for a midget distance racing ride.

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SPINNAKER CUP San Francisco to Monterey May 25-26, 2024

COASTAL CUP Monterey to Santa Barbara May 27-28, 2024

SOCAL 300 Santa Barbara to San Diego May 30 - June 1, 2024

MORE CALIFORNIA OFFSHORE RACING

ISLANDS RACE

February 25-26, 2022 www.islandsrace.com

PUERTO VALLARTA RACE

March 10-18, 2022 www.pvrace.com

PACIFIC CUP

July 4 - 22, 2022 www.pacificcup.org

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2024 SDYC Yachting Cup Delivers Thrilling Finale Amidst Blustery Conditions

As a blustery weather front cleared Sunday morning to reveal clear blue skies and white caps at sea, sailors on the final day of Yachting Cup were excited to get out on the water in some 'sporty' conditions.

Light Winds, with Heavy Competition

What's Yachting Cup without on the water fierce competition, tasteful strategy, and a hint of chaos? The outside courses on the Coronado Roads gave way to quite the interesting turn of events for some. Though the course was square with light and shifty winds, there was still plenty of energy in the air to create that chaos.

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The 77th Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race

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2024 Photos from Lisa Bronitt

A huge thank you to Lisa Bronitt for capturing every thrilling moment from the starting line in Newport to the jubilant celebration at the awards ceremony in Ensenada! Her incredible […]

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2024 Race Recap

The 76th annual Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race is in the books with sailors enjoying excellent sailing conditions over the three-day event.

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Newcomers and Veterans Make the Venerable N2E a Sailing Institution

This year we will celebrate a 50th N2E for one sailor with many others celebrating big anniversaries but also many newcomers.

Newport Ocean Sailing Association

Newport Ocean Sailing Association is a non-profit organization run by a board of directors filled with highly experienced sailboat racers and U.S. Sailing Certified Race Officials who, along with a large group of volunteers, are the premier race management team who host the iconic Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race and others all-the-while promoting yacht racing in Southern California. NOSA provides financial assistance to junior sailing programs and other non-profit organizations that encourage and develop amateur watersports with an emphasis on sailing, boating and seamanship.

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2024 Star World Championship September 4 - 13, 2024 San Diego, CA, USA

JOHN KOSTECKI AND AUSTIN SPERRY ARE THE 2024 STAR WORLD CHAMPIONS

A hard-fought battle on the water among the top six teams, the Americans finished third in the last race, overall one point ahead of Will Stout with Danny Cayard and Leandro and Lucas Altolaguirre

2024 STAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GAMES WIDE OPEN GOING INTO THE LAST DAY TOMORROW

Will Stout and Danny Cayard win Race Five, their second bullet in the series, and are the provisional overall leaders, tied on points with John Kosteki and Austin Sperry.

2024 STAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN SAN DIEGO

Paul Cayard and Frithjof Kleen win third race out of four and are the provisional leaders

2024 STAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, A FAMILY AFFAIR

Paul Cayard and Frithjof Kleen win Race Three, their second bullet in the series

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