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DRYC Plans New Inverted Start Race for the First Day of April

By Andy Kopetzky | March 31, 2023 | Marina del Rey, CA |

While traveling through New Zealand, where everybody sails and sailing is part of the school curriculum, Del Rey Yacht Club race officials observed several races. The one that stood out for originality, participation and boldness was their mixed-fleet inverted start.

Occupying a unique spot in the Southern Hemisphere, New Zealand has the resources for a proper inverted start as shown here:

"inverted start" race
It presents several challenges. What, exactly is starboard? Is the expression still “any port in a storm?”
© 2023 Andy Kopetzky

New Awards

The club is planning new trophies. A benchmark and new standard in awards will be established.

pickle dishes
Actual pickle dishes! We’ve all heard the rumors. It’s time to deliver!
© 2023 Andy Kopetzky

As an added bonus we’ll add the ultimate accessorizing to the pickle dishes:

pickles
Common sense predicates you should have pickles in your pickle dish. As an added bonus, we’ll let the competitors decide between Vlasic and Heinz 57 pickles (named for the one-design fleet).
© 2023 Andy Kopetzky

Here are the trophies for the overall winners:

catalog photos of overalls

The club plans to offer Predicted Log events for the powerboaters:

logjam

There’s also a new and improved anchor management seminar:

Tangled anchors
If these anchors don’t make you angry, well, you should attend our seminar.
© 2023 Andy Kopetzky

Save the date! April 1, 2023. Or is it 2024? No worries; we’ll correct it.

1 Comment

  1. Chuck Cunningham 1 year ago

    April fools day in advance

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