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Great Costumes at RYC’s Great Pumpkin Regatta

By Christine Weaver | November 1, 2023 | California |

Great Pumpkin Regatta

Moore 24s with spinnakers
The Moore 24 fleet raced on the Olympic Circle course in the Great Pumpkin Regatta on Saturday.
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Richmond Yacht Club hosted yet another great Great Pumpkin Regatta last weekend. Sailors raced around the buoys in three areas (Southampton, Olympic Circle and Deep Water) on Saturday, followed by a pursuit race on Sunday. In between, they threw an epic Halloween party, with dancing to the tunes of Shark Sandwich and a costume contest.

Halloween costume contest
The fellow wearing the RYC inflatable mark won the costume contest — he reminded everyone of the dozen or so marks everyone saw so much of on the race courses that day. Events committee volunteers painted the monsters on salvaged cardboard for the backdrop.
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Man dressed as construction worker with two hoists.
Can you tell that RYC’s commodore, Randall Rasicot, has been dealing with the rebuild of the club’s marginal wharf and two hoists?
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Cinde Lou Delmas, Milly Biller, the Fennell family
Left: Cinde Lou Delmas and Milly Biller first raced against each other at age 7; now they sail together on Cinde’s Alerion 38 Another Girl. Right: The Fennell family raced their Moore 24 Paramour — and won.
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Kids in costume dancing
Creatures of all sorts packed the dance floor.
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Although no one was able to finish the pursuit race in scary-light air and wicked-strong current, much fun was had nonetheless. Chase-boat crews tossed bags of candy to sailors ahead of the start, and racers fished for the 15 pumpkins dropped into the water. If one got bored in the calm drifting, there was always the trivia quiz for entertainment and educational value. We’ll have more on the quiz, complete with the answers, in a future ‘Lectronic Latitude post. We’ll report on the actual racing in the December issue of Latitude 38.

DRYC’s Halloween Regatta

In Marina del Rey, Del Rey YC held their Halloween pursuit race on October 21. All but one boat entered were able to finish. Neil Fraser’s 1D35 Mexican Divorce finished first in Class A, and Paul Hofer’s Jeanneau 50 Scarlet Fever finished first in Class CA. Sailors celebrated at the club — in costume, of course!

3 people at DRYC in costume
Left to right: Mary and Jeff of the Catalina 42 Starlight, with DRYC Hostess with the Mostest Kim Clark.
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Four aces and a king
The crew of the C&C 25 Mis Cue had the winning hand.
© 2023 Andy Kopetzky
Cat in the Hat with Things.
The crew of the J/111 Obsidian with skipper John Staff as the Cat in the Hat.
© 2023 Andy Kopetzky

2 Comments

  1. Cinde Lou Who 6 months ago

    Love them all, most especially the “Cat ‘n the Hat”!

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  2. mi 6 months ago

    Richmond YC did a a wonderful, bang up job as they always do ! Many thanks to the RC and all of the other volunteers involved. On Sunday, Cinde had 11 RYC Junior Sailors on Another Girl for the Pursuit Race. Despite no wind, we had a ball ! The kids all got to drive the boat.

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