Introducing the Spirit Now at Sail California
CALENDAR Two Harbors. Info, www.southwesternyachts.com. Aug. 25 — Vallejo YC's annual Flea Market, starting at 9 a.m. "If it's legal, sell it!" Info, www.vyc.org. Sept. 11-26 — Squadron Boating Course taught by Marin Power Squadron in Novato, Tues. and Weds. nights from 7-9 p.m. $35 textbook fee. Info, (415) 883-6777. Racing
Sail California is proud to offer the new Sabre Spirit. She’s all about simplicity, style and sailing! For 35 years, Sabre Yachts has handcrafted sailing yachts with a performance pedigree, all built for people who love sailing and who treasure the exhilarating feeling that a great sailboat design can offer her crew. Sabre asked Jim Taylor to design a daysailer with the style and elegance of sailing yachts of a bygone era, and added to the design mandate blending the performance of a youthful sport boat with “grown-up” ease of handling available with today’s modern sailing hardware. With her comfortable and deep cockpit, efficient weekend accommodations and quality Maine craftsmanship, the Sabre Spirit is ideal for San Francisco Bay.
Call now to own the first boat due in California in the fall of 2007. Also available ~ the Sabre 386 and 426. Web page: www.sailcal.com Email: info@sailcal.com
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June 30 — YRA-WBRA #9, 10, 11. BVBC, www.yra.org. June 30 — Ladies' Day Regatta. MPYC, www.mpyc.org. June 30-July 1 — 40th Marina del Rey to San Diego Race. Info, www.smwyc.org or www.southwesternyc.org. June 30-July 1 — Advanced Race Management Seminar for race officers by US Sailing's Stanton Betts at St. Francis YC. Registration required by June 8. $85 for US Sailing members, $110 for others. Info, (415) 563-6363. July 1 — New Boreas Race, Half Moon Bay to Moss Landing, Elkhorn YC and HMBYC. Info, Luc at (831) 566-2009. July 4 — Brothers & Sisters Regatta, a low-key lap around the two island groups followed by a BBQ and shoreside fun for the whole family. TYC, www.tyc.org. July 5-8 — 29er Nationals. SCYC, www.scyc.org. July 6-8 — Express 27 Nationals. TYC, www.tyc.org. July 7 — YRA-OYRA Lightship II. RYC, www.yra.org. July 7 — Midnight Moonlight Maritime Marathon, a fun pursuit race from Raccoon Strait to the Carquinez Bridge and back. Starts begin at 5:30 p.m. SFYC, www.sfyc.org. July 7 — Hart Nunes for Mercuries. SFYC, www.sfyc. org. July 7 — Interclub Race #4 in South Bay, EYC. Info, C. Hodgkins at (510) 865-9045. July 7-8 — Longboard SF Classic/UN Challenge. StFYC, www.stfyc.com. July 7-8 — Columbia 5.5 Nationals. Alameda YC, www. alamedayachtclub.org. July 7-8 — Crawdad Cup for cruising boats in the Delta. Andreas Cove YC, www.acyc-log.org. July 7-8 — High Sierra Centerboard Regatta on Huntington Lake. FYC, www.fresnoyachtclub.org. July 7-8 — GPS Speed Sailing Trials. Find out more at www.sanfranciscospeed.com. July 8 — IRC Regatta, the first of a series on the Cityfront for any boat with an IRC certificate. GGYC, www.ggyc.com. July 9, 12, 15 — 44th L.A. to Honolulu Race, better known as 'The TransPac'. Info, www.transpacificyc.org. July, 1977 — It Was Thirty Years Ago, from the article titled TransPac: The West Coast's big biennial event, the Trans Pacific Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii, starts July 2. Now, we suppose, is the appropriate time to wonder how such a great race could start in such a rotten town. Rest assured it wasn't supposed to happen that way, and only happened as the result of an earthshaking event. Talk of a race from the mainland to the Islands had begun in the 1880s, but it never got off the ground because the potential entries so dreaded the long upwind haul back to the mainland. In 1906, Clarence MacFarlane left Honolulu in his 48-ft schooner La Paloma for San Francisco, with the intention of proving that the sail back to the mainland wouldn't be that bad. Upon his arrival, he assumed he would get some takers for the race from the San Francisco fleet. When La Paloma tied up at Meigg's Wharf, the waterfront was deserted. It was not until MacFarlane began to look for a hotel that he discovered San Francisco had been ravaged by earthquakes and fires four