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It Was a Beauty of a Blast
Greig and Leslie Olson’s Napa-based Brown Searunner 31 trimaran Doggone heads out toward the center of Banderas Bay during the light-air first race of the Blast. The Olsons have done the SoCal Ta-Ta, the Ha-Ha, and the Blast, completing a trifecta.latitude/Richard©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Is there a better place for mellow cruiser racing than Banderas…
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Encore Repeats ORR Championship
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Crew You Regatta
The rail on a J/24 in the 2015 Crew You Regatta was a wet ride, but not because of rain. © Martha Blanchfield In addition to the usual roster of midwinter racing this weekend will be OPBYC’s Crew You Regatta. The founder of OPBYC (Other People’s Boats Yacht Club), Jasper Van Vliet, is a Bay…