Cuba Cup 2009

There have been 6 races so far and the standings for the Captains are as follows -
Larry/John - 31 points, Jack/Carolin - 30 points, Dave/Dan - 18 points, The races are every other Wednesday and there are three races left which are Wednesday July 29th , Wednesday August 12th and Wednesday August 26th. We meet in the Yacht Club which is above Springbok at 5 pm where the Captains are assigned the sailboat they will be racing. Please join us for the fun and bring some friends and family along with you. Call us at (562) 590-0323 and let us know you're on your way. We hope to see you there!

TRANSPAC 2009

The Transpac 2009 was one of the most incredible event to see. It is a race that takes place ever 2 years that goes from Long Beach to Hawaii. There were three different classes of Sailboat with the first class leaving on Monday June 29th, the second class leaving on Thursday July 2nd and the last class which was also the fastest class leaving on Sunday July 5th. This race can take anywhere from 7 to 15 days and this year the Alfa Romero set a new record and finished in 5 days. There were a few member and friends that went out to watch the start of this race which was amazing.
Rumor has it that in 2011 there might just be a few of our own participating.

CUBA CUP RACES

WAHOO!!!! The summer racing series at Pacific Sailing is about to begin.

The first race is Wednesday May 6^th, and they will be every other Wednesday through August 26^th. Mark your calendar for a chance to participate in all of the fun.

Race sign ups start at 5:00 PM in the Yacht Club. Captains & crews will be assigned at 6:00 PM. Sailors and non sailors are equally welcome to join us.

No offense to our Captains that have participated over the years, but it would be nice to see some new names in the mix. If you can’t make all of the races team up with someone who can cover the days that you can’t make it. Make sure that it is someone that you like because when both of you are there you will be on the same boat. Come on Larry Palmer, Jamie Royer, Ted Lavino (you all know Ted, right?). How about the first husband and wife team in Cuba Cup history….Roneale & Robert Branning or Jack & Carolin Lusby?

FUN is had by, hope everyone can join us.

Upcoming Events...

This coming weekend is the Newport to Ensenda Race, we have quite a few people going that will be taking there test. There are two boats going and the Captains are John Gogel and Lauren Johnson. Good Luck to all of you and may you all have a safe and wonderful time.

Also coming up in May are the Cuba Cup Races. I hope to see everyone there for these races. They are held every other Wednesaday and we'll meet up in the Yacht club to assign captains to boats and teams. The weather is usually alot nicer and warmer.

Watch for the exact dates of the Cuba Cup.

Thanks to everyone for a great Winter 6 Pack Season!

And the Winners are....

The Winners of this years Winter 6 Pack race are... 4th place - John, 3rd place - Christian,

2nd place - Greg and the 1st place winners are Dave and Dan. Congrats to everyone for an awesome winter 6 pack race and all the fun we had. Remember the Cuba Cup races are next and will start the end of May, so we hope to see everyone there...

The Final Race is on....

Dave Lyon got to race in the final race..

It was nice that Dave Lyon was able to race in the final race of the Winter 6 Pack. There are new members John and Jill that have just put there Sailboat HONI into the Charter, so Dave raced there boat in the final race. It was alot of fun and a great way to show John and Jill just what the Sailing Races are all about. They had alot of FUN!

Final Race of the Winter 6 pack pre-race

Saturday April 11th, was the final race of the Winter 6 Pack. We all met up in the Yacht Club for are pre-race get together... fun has had by all... Thanks for Jim for the great video's and Thanks for Stephen for taking some great pictures...

The last Race of the Winter 6 Pack

The last race of the Winter 6 Pack Season will be Saturday April 11th. We meet in the Pacific Sailing Yacht Club at 2pm. Captains and crew are put together and boats are assigned to the Captains. Then it is out to start the race about 3-3:15pm. Come join us in all the fun.
For more information please call the Pacific Sailing Office and ask for Dave Lyon (562) 590-0323 Hope to see you there!

The race in action....

There were 3 boat in the race, Black Pearl, Millenum Falcon and Platform 9 3/4. It was an excellent day to race...

The Committee Boat

It's always fun to go out on the committee boat, you get to see all the sailboats in the race in action and it's alot of fun... Jim does a wonderful job video taping the race and the video's come out GREAT! Patti usually takes the pictures was but able to take a break with week as her son Stephen did a great job taking pictures and Dave keeps the times.. Thanks to Tom and Carlin for offering there boat as the committee boat...

The Sailing Race Saturday 3/28/09 - PreRace get together...

It was a beautiful day for racing this past saturday. We all got together before the race where teams and boats were assigned. Dave was glad that Annie was back to do what she does best...

Next Winter 6 Pack Race...

The Next Winter 6 Pack Race will be held on Saturday
March 28th. We meet in the Pacific Sailing Yacht Club
at 2pm. Captains and crew are put together and boats
are assigned to the Captains and it out to start the race
about 3-3:15pm. Come join us in all the fun.
For more information please call the Pacific Sailing
Office and ask for Dave Lyon. (562) 590-0323.
Hope to see you there!

Crotch Reilly Regatta at the finish...

The winner this year of the annual Crotch Reilly Regatta was Captain Dave and Dan on Platform... Dave said that he really wanted to win this year and was really glad that Dave Lyon wasn't racing so he'd have a chance to win.. Second place boat was Black Pearl Christian was the Captain and the third place boat was Sea Roy and Greg was the Captain. But no matter where you finish a good time is had by all..

The Committee Boat Crew

If you're not up for going out with one of the race teams, it's always fun to go out on the committee boat.. Video taping by Jim is being done ( except this week the camara man was Mike Nelson) pictures for the blog are being taking by Patti Appell (Dave's girlfriend) and Dave is keeping record of all times and shouting out instructions sometimes to those he feels needs it.. He does miss being out there as one of the captains.. but a good time is had by all of us that do go out on the committee boat and we get to see the race up close...

During the race....

Crotch Reilly Regatta - Before the Race

Yesterday for the winter 6 pack sailing races it was the annual Crotch Reilly Regatta.

Dave Lyon has won this the past two years in a row, so needless to say some of the

Captains were glad to know that he would not be competing this year. Dave said it was

time to have a new winner....