I haven't been able to convince my skipper to go down to the championships yet ! He's always stated that we'll get creamed by sailors with local knowlege of wind water and tides.... But that's not quite the problem,,, We don't want to travel 700 miles or whatever just to be turned away for some measurement or weight issue , Is there someone up here in the SF bay area that can measure and weigh our boat before coming down , Perhaps Steve Seal ?
We only do one Long distance trip a year , This year is a planned trip up to the Columbia gorge for the Double Dammed race... Fourty two miles down wind , up current ! with rock walls and such all around !
This next weekend we'll be doing the Drakes bay race our second ocean race ( the first was pretty boring ) Race 30 mile north up the coast to drakes bay on Sat. then Stay overnigh on the hook , and then race back to the CYC on Sunday , one of the three courses includes leaving the SE Faralon islands to port ! Close to 75 miles of racing !
Perhaps championships next year
Paul Cal20#624 CanO WhoopAss