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Always a Pleasure

"Do you think anyone is going to finish this race?" "Nah, not really." "Do we care?" "Nah, not really."

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The first Corinthian Yacht Club Friday night beer can race of the year on April 13 was nearly windless, and it took almost the entire race time limit to reach the first mark. Race abandoned. The most recent one had warm breezes all the way around.

A division start in the May 4 Corinthian Friday night race, with Angel Island in the background.

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If you appreciate the moment, beer can racing is an ideal way to step off the ‘grid’ and get back to the important things in life. Yes, it is a race, and, despite our ideal of simply enjoying the sail, we have to admit that it’s always a little more fun when we do well. But, regardless of outcome, we never want to miss a single one.

San Francisco’s new lighthouse looms over a fleet of beer can racers returning from the windward mark.

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There’s plenty of time left for you to join any of the Bay’s numerous evening beer can racing opportunities. For a comprehensive list of Bay Area evening sailing opportunities, click here.

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Way back in December 2017, we asked, "What’s your best temporary fix," or something that you MacGyvered while underway, far from the comfort of a boatyard, chandlery or docks full of sailors’ brains to pick?