It seems like the summer boating season has started off with a big bang even though not one yacht club has had their annual opening day events! Last weekend was the “Baldwin Cup” at Newport Harbor Yacht Club in locally built Schock Harbor 20s. It was an International event and if I read the race [...]
I didn’t have the space available last week to finish my comments with regards to the most recent tragic events of three weekends ago. First, I will again say, and never tire of saying, how important safety is to all forms of boating. Without careful planning and proper supervision from the captain, an accident, even [...]
It’s a sad day for sailboat racing everywhere. While it is not uncommon to hear about loss of life in the famous Sydney to Hobart sailboat race, it’s very uncommon to find out we locally have even one loss of life in a local sailboat race. Until this last year I cannot ever recall a [...]
Last Saturday I spent the day at a sailing seminar at Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club with Peter Haynes as the instructor. The topics covered were sail theory, shape and trim, the basic aerodynamics, rig tuning, and using your telltales. Included were steering, crew position, tacking and gibing, and rounding the marks. Whewwww! Peter and his [...]
Growing up on the waterfront in Newport Harbor during the 1950’s and 60’s was the greatest. The area lacked the density and local traffic we cope with now. The summer beach traffic we have always had. Many of you, like myself, have seen photos of bumper to bumper beach traffic of Model T’s and Model [...]
One of the largest sailboat racing regattas of the year are the Mid-Winters. These races are all over our state and part of Arizona. I saw at least three different yacht club race committee boats anchored in the turning basin, and a couple on the Balboa side of the channel across from Lido Isle Yacht [...]
For those of you who enjoy the Waterfront column, starting with this issue I will also have an occasional column about sailboats, sailboat races, sailboat builders, and the sailors themselves in and around Newport Harbor; past, present and future. As I have noted in past Waterfront columns, our world class, world famous harbor has a [...]
98th Lipton Cup, San Diego YC, (Yacht Club Invitational, J105s) This year’s 98th edition of San Diego’s Lipton Cup saw a renewed level of interest in one of our region’s longest standing events, including participation from two of our local teams. The Lipton has been raced nearly continuously since 1903. For this year’s event, SDYC [...]
By Steve Schupak | Special to NB Indy This monthy, San Diego Yacht Club hosted the revamped International Masters Regatta. What was introduced at Saint Francis Yacht Club almost 30 years ago has begun again, after a three year hiatus. With a new venue and host organization, this was the crowning event for SDYC’s J105 [...]
Saturday brought ideal sailing weather for the non-keel boats as they raced to benefit Children’s Hospital of Orange Coundy. A record-breaking 72 boats were involved, representing most of the Newport area yacht clubs. Twenty-nine Harbor 20 skippers in three classes registered for the racing. The Harbor 20s were divided into three classes. The next largest [...]
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