Holiday Regatta Day 2

Results

Beautiful day on the water. Skian Dhu had a great day and won the event. Here are some pictures.

Holiday Regatta 12/3-4

Two day Holiday Regatta kicks off today with the warning at noon. Rumor has it the new Farr 400 will be part of A Fleet along with Taxi Dancer and Katana. Should make for a fun day on the water. Forecasters expect a breezy day. We'll be watching from the deck and will take some pictures.

ready for day 2

In first and ready for day 2. Here's a link to the LB Gazettes with an article (full of misinformation!) about the racing.

Gazettes.com/sports

update: Well we tied for first and lost the tie breaker to Dark Star. Results are here. Great day of racing. Both races were 3 laps and the wind kept building with each lap to about 18 knots.

Here are a few pictures from the bar afterwards and a link to photos from the weekend.

Dirk, Jeff and JO

Neil, David and TJ

Go Skian Dhu - great year!!

Campbell Cup

Skian Dhu SB crew drove down from Santa Barbara entertained by Fast Times at Ridgemont High in the manvan. We met our LBC crew (from Chayah) ready for an afternoon practice. We went out about 2:30 and the fog rolled in quickly. We managed about five gybes before we realized we were near a break wall and  decided to head in until the fog clears. The fog never cleared so we cleaned up and are hoping for an early practice tomorrow.

Last "counting" Wet Wednesday

Well last Wednesday was our club's last 'counting' wet wednesday for the third part of the series.

We had an interesting race in that we ended up with Katana's sheets wrapped on our keel.

It slowed us down for about half a leg until we figured out what was going on. We still won! Beat Taxi Dancer by 30 seconds. But, we didn't win the series. Oh well! Here are the results and the overall for the fall series: wet wednesday races

Now we are thinking about the Campbell Cup...and if there's a weigh in!

Go Skian Dhu!

Charity Regatta

What a day! Despite the wind only blowing 2-5 today we were able to take first against the Doc and Taxi Dancer. It was all in good fun though with the priority being a fundraiser for Visiting Nurse and Hospice as well as an opportunity to honor our military, especially the Marines from the 3/5 Dark Horse.

Our celebrity crew, Police Officer Mike, enjoyed his time aboard Skian Dhu and even grabbed the helm at the end of the race.

Thanks, Dirk!
Go Skian Dhu!

Sailing World

Nice article about Long Beach Race Week and the Farr 40s. Great picture of the start in the centerfold!

Ocean Friends

Hope we never run into this guy!

Found this on Blue Ocean Productions website. Photo from the Santa Barbara Channel January 2011.

Goleta Beach

Sounds like the Goleta Beach was a lot of fun on a beautiful day. Skian Dhu had a young crew and lost by only 20 seconds to our good friends on Lounge Act.

Here is a link to video from the crew that day.
http://youtu.be/_kDX9Psn_ug
Very cool!

Go Skian Dhu!

Getting started

We are having a great 2011 year racing and are currently in fourth for the West Coast Championship. There are two regattas left in the series. See f40west Standings for details.

Goleta Beach this weekend and then the Charity Regatta in September.

Go Skian Dhu!