By Christine Weaver | August 20, 2018 | Drake's Bay, CA | 0
As in recent years, oceangoing doublehanders and singlehanders of the Singlehanded Sailing Society joined the OYRA for the Drake’s Bay Race. The two-day regatta sends the fleet out from Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon up to Point Reyes, where the boats anchor out, some joining together in small raft-ups. The J/109 Joyride served as the finish boat on Saturday and the starting boat on Sunday. Boats finished off CYC’s race deck on Sunday.
Except for some sporty conditions inside San Francisco Bay, both days had light to very light wind, including at the CYC start/finish line. Fog obscured the coastline and, at times, fellow racers.
Sea life, including humpback whales and harbor porpoises, provided a distraction from the slow crawl up and down the 31-mile course. One skipper reported that he thinks he inadvertently hit a large mola mola (sunfish).
Due to the light air, many boats dropped out of the race on both days. Results will be posted on the Jibeset pages of the SSS and OYRA.
Look for more on the Drake’s Bay Race in Racing Sheet in the September issue of Latitude 38.