Midwinters (and More) Preview
Who wants to race on Halloween? Tiburon YC, that’s who. Usually TYC’s Red Rock Regatta conflicts with RYC’s Great Pumpkin, but not this year. On Sunday, Island YC will kick off November and wrap up Latitude 38’s unofficial Women’s Circuit with the triplehanded Jack & Jill + 1. Also on Sunday, Sausalito YC will spearhead a long list of midwinter series that begin in November. It’s not too late to enter any of the above!
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Golden Gate YC’s Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Midwinters will begin on November 7, as will Sequoia YC’s Winter Series and Vallejo YC’s Tiny Robbins Midwnters. IYC’s Island Days series will begin on Sunday the 8th.
RegattaPRO’s Winter One Design Series will start on Saturday the 14th. Sign-ups so far include J/105s, 120s, 24s and 70s, Melges 24s and Moore 24s. RegattaPRO will sail west of the Berkeley Circle, while Berkeley YC will occupy the more easterly Circle itself, with separate Saturday and Sunday series beginning on November 14-15. Jackie Philpott of the Singlehanded Sailing Society alerts us that BYC has agreed to have separate divisions for singlehanders and doublehanders on Sunday. Last year the new shorthanded divisions (divided by PHRF) attracted 20 boats. BYC’s also been running Chowder Races since the beginning of October. The Chowders are like beer cans, only on Sunday afternoons.
On November 21, Encinal YC’s Jack Frost, South Beach YC’s Island Fever, and Santa Cruz YC’s Midwinter Series will begin.
We couldn’t possibly list all the racing available in the region here, so we encourage you to peruse all the choices in the Calendar in the November issue of Latitude 38.