Short Sightings — Congressional Cup, National Weather Service, and More
Congressional Cup
Today kicks off the Congressional Cup, the world’s oldest continuously held sailing match-race regatta, and the only match-race regatta in the United States to qualify for World Championship status from World Sailing. The world’s top match-racing skippers start the series today and race through May 4 for the 60th Congressional Cup. This World Championship regatta presented by Long Beach Yacht Club is a premier event on the prestigious World Match Racing Tour.
The roster includes 2023 and 2024 winner Chris Poole, USA (Riptide Racing); Johnie Berntsson, SWE (Berntsson Sailing Team); Eric Monnin, SUI (Capvis Swiss Match Racing); Rocco Attili, ITA (RBYS Racing); Ian Garreta, FRA (MedRacing); Cole Tapper, AUS (CYCA); Dave Hood, USA (DH3 Racing); Björn Hansen, SWE (Hansen Sailing Team); Nicole Breault, USA (second, 2025 Ficker Cup, StFYC); Peter Wickwire, CAN (third, 2025 Ficker Cup, RNSYS/CYC).
National Weather Service VHF Broadcasts
Jeff Berman, owner of the Tartan 4000 Maverick, found that the National Weather Service had posted on ‘X’: “A major systems upgrade will impact our services April 28-30. While routine forecasts and warnings will be issued by service backup offices, NOAA Weather Radio will be offline and some text products will be unavailable. We are sorry for the inconvenience.”
So no weather today but we’ll look forward to the weather returning tomorrow.
One More Shot
A Touch of Classies
Our frequent perusal of boats for sale in the pages of Latitude 38 always turns up some interesting boats for sale. The prices range from “Free” to $2.2 million.
We found a beautiful, Herreshoff-designed Stuart Knockabout, an ideal boat for daysailing with friends in the Delta or elsewhere. Looking more closely, we were surprised to find the boat in our Classifieds was actually located on Cape Cod, which is near the site where she was built by Edey & Duff. She’s far away, but they are sweet-looking and comfortable sailing boats. Maybe it’s time to bring it to the West Coast.
Another interesting find was a “free” 1978 Cal T/2. Actually you can buy it outright or get it free with the purchase of the owner’s $1.5 million home on 8th Avenue in Santa Cruz.
We also saw a 1978 Topper for $500, and a Cal 20 for $900. The $2.2 million boat is a 65-ft Steve and Linda Dashew-created expedition vessel. You’ll find lots more here.
There are many more incredible opportunities for your summer sailing in our Classies and with our excellent brokerage advertisers. Summer is coming!