February Racing Preview

A trio of Bay Area midwinter series wrap up in February. The Sausalito Yacht Club/RegattaPRO Winter One Design Series will conclude with (conditions permitting) two races on February 10 west of the Berkeley Circle. The Berkeley Midwinters, on courses east of the One Design Series, will complete regular racing on February 10-11, following up with a Winners Race and awards on Sunday, February 25. The Corinthian Midwinters will conclude on the weekend of February 17-18. The Perry Cup Series for Mercurys, hosted by Monterey Peninsula YC, will wrap up on February 3.

In SoCal (and beyond), the SCYA Midwinter Regatta will span 30 yacht clubs and two weekends (February 10-11 and 17-18). The Islands Race, co-hosted by Newport Harbor YC and San Diego YC on February 16-17, will take sailors on a 130-mile journey from Long Beach Harbor, around Catalina and San Clemente Islands, to San Diego.

The Singlehanded Sailing Society’s 2018 season, which started with the Three Bridge Fiasco last weekend, will continue on February 24 with another Bay tour, the SSS Corinthian Race, starting and finishing off the CYC deck. A skippers’ meeting will be held on February 21, 7:30 p.m., at Island YC in Alameda; that Wednesday will also be the deadline to sign up.

Find many more regattas and sailing events in our online Calendar, to be updated tomorrow afternoon, and in the pages of Latitude 38. The February issue will be distributed tomorrow.