The Weekend’s Racing Report

The weekend decided to thumb its nose at the National Weather Service and gave racers breeze, sun and generally pleasant weather. Over at Richmond YC on Saturday, 94 boats in 12 divisions sailed three races on three courses at the Big Daddy Regatta. Sunday’s 11-mile pursuit race got off to a late start as the day greeted everyone with a hazy, glassed-off Southampton Shoal, leaving the RC no choice but to postpone. After aborting a subsequent attempt, the breeze finally filled in from the south and the committee struck the AP at 1:49 p.m. The bulk of the fleet opted for the clockwise route, heading toward Alcatraz in what soon became a building, winding southwesterly. As of this writing, Saturday’s results were up on RYC’s site but Sunday’s weren’t yet. Check out www.richmondyc.org/cal2/EventShow.asp for full results later in the day.

Over on the Cityfront, St. Francis YC’s Spring Dinghy had quality fleets enjoying the quality conditions. The 29ers, 505s, Finns, FDs Lasers and Radials sailed five races in breeze up to the high teens. Mike Martin and Jeff Nelson in The Black Boat turned in the performance of the regatta, throwing out a bullet — because, well, they had to throw out something. For full results visit www.stfyc.com/default.aspx.

Did you miss out on the fun this weekend? Don’t let it happen again, pick up a copy of the 2008 Northern California Sailing Calendar and YRA Master Schedule — it’s your complete guide to racing on the Bay and available at our world headquarters in Mill Valley or wherever you get your copy of Latitude 38. We’ll have more detailed reports on these two regattas in the April issue so stay tuned!