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ppetracca
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Initially Posted - 03/02/2004 :  17:02:04  Show Profile
Any of you CA sailors make this race?

I was invited to crew this year but can't make it. A coulpe of us in our club are considering putting together a team for next year. Probably take one of the J/24's. Sounds like more of a party than a race, from what I've read.

We might also race the San Carlos Regatta...my boat, probably. Heavier boat for the Sea of Cortez.

Anyone done either of these races?
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/02/2004 :  17:21:48  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Indiscipline III, then named Jo Ann, raced in this race, taking 12th place overall in the cruisers "C" class. Last year's race was won by a 25 year old Cal 25, which corrected out over all the big boys (Pyewacket, etc.)

I am also interested in doing this some year, as well as the "2 Around". This is 2 sailors per boat around Catalina Island. In the Cruising Class (where the C25 belongs) you don't circumnavigate the entire island, just Newport and around Ship Rock. It's a 24 hour (overnight) race.

IMHO C25s (with spinnakers) are well suited and competitive for these offshore PHRF races.
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cshaw
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Response Posted - 03/02/2004 :  19:34:10  Show Profile
Way back in the late 70's I raced Confetti in a couple of these races. GREAT fun. Can end up being more of a 125 mile long party than a race actually!! Amazing to see that many boats in such a small space!! I think they used to use 3 or more starting lines just to get everyone started in a reasonable amount of time! Nice to be able to trailer back north, but the trip back is not so bad really...... I agree that a Catalina 25 under a chute is able to sail to her rating without a LOT of extra effort! Thats one reason I bought Confetti! We used to use what was called the "Mexican Rig" (Main, Spinnaker, Blooper and tallboy staysail). The "blooper" is a drifter with leech and foot strings that allow you to pucker up the sail a lot. Sorta based on the old Hild "drift-o-matic" sail. Fun and easy to make it.

Hard part was to end up with enough halyards! I ended up attaching a bullet block to the spinnaker halyard snapshackle (along with the spinnaker) and hoisting it with a halyard running through it, andused that for the tall boy.

Have fun guessing whether to stay inside or go outside! That was always a crap shoot!


I have not raced in the San Carlos Race. Sounds fun though.... We raced a friend's 35 ft boat in the Long Beach to La Paz Race (9 days, ended up having to survive hove to in 85kt winds one afternoon/night as a Pacific hurricane came up the Baja. The Sea of Cortez is simply BEAUTIFUL!!!! 60ft deep water so clear that you feel like you are in a low flying airplane! Watch out for the heavy duty tides!!! LOTS of current that local knowledge really helps on!

Have fun! Enter BOTH!!!!!!!

Chuck
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