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Weekend Sailing Preview

An action-packed weekend is in store for racers on San Francisco Bay, Folsom Lake, and Lake Tahoe. Sign-ups are still open for Sausalito YC’s Women Skippers Regatta on Saturday. The day starts with continental breakfast and a 9 a.m. skippers’ meeting, continues with three races starting at 11, and concludes with a barbecue, free wine and beer, live music, and awards following the regatta. See www.sycsailing.org/WSR.html for info.

The Yacht Racing Association’s ocean series continues on Saturday with the full-crew Farallones Race. Registration for this one is closed, but you can check out OYRA racing at www.yra.org/OYRA.

Tiburon YC invites all local boats to sail in tomorrow’s Don Wan Regatta. Those who are new to racing are welcome. See www.tyc.org.

The Bullship Regatta for adult El Toro sailors takes the 8-ft boats from Sausalito to San Francisco tomorrow morning. See www.eltoroyra.org.

Richmond YC’s Big Dinghy will be the big two-day event for small boats, with buoy racing on Saturday and a pursuit race on Sunday using Portsmouth ratings. Another two-day event, the Camellia Cup is hosted by Folsom Lake YC.

The Tahoe connection? Lasers and Vanguard 15s from all over the region will converge on Tahoe City for Ski/Sail 2012, with sailing on Saturday followed by downhill ski racing on fresh snow at Squaw Valley on Sunday. See www.skisail.com.

But wait – there’s more! Check out our Calendar for the rest of the list.

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