The Week in Racing
It was a pretty sweet weekend for sailing on the Bay, and fortunately there were some great regattas to take advantage of it. On the Cityfront, St. Francis YC hosted the Aldo Alessio Regatta, which also functioned as the West Coast IRC Championship. The regatta featured everything from well-sailed, off-the-shelf production boats to Bill Turpin’s R/P 75 Akela. The Vanguard 15s held their PCCs at Treasure Island Sailing Center. Southern California’s Andy Beeckman teamed up with the Bay Area’s Linda Stephan to win the regatta by one point over Ken Turnbull and Rebecca Beard.
The Snipe Nationals hosted by Richmond YC are going on this week. With heavy hitters like Augie Diaz, Doug Hart, Gavin O’Hare, and George Szabo, what the 35-boat fleet lacks in size, is made up for in depth. The class traditionally holds its Junior Nationals immediately prior to the main event, won this year by Nick Voss and Tom Fink with three bullets in five races. Carolina Palacios and Rogelio Padron took the Special Junior divison.
Coming up this weekend, there’s the 505 PCCs at StFYC, San Francisco YC’s Summer Keel regatta Tiburon YC’s Joan Storer Regatta, The OYRA Lightship 2 starting from Golden Gate YC, and the HDA and ODCA Fall 1, at RYC. Encinal YC is hosting its Gracie & George Regatta and the Bay View BC has its Round the Rock, while Oakland YC is hosting the Schreiber Cup and the South Bay YRA Summer #4 is also going on. Remember that if, like us, you’re having trouble keeping this all straight, the 2008 Northern California Sailing Calendar and YRA Master Schedule is a handy resource.