(San Diego, CA)- The western stop for the Sperry Topsider NOOD Regattas
will be the San Diego event that will be held at San Diego YC from March
15th to 17th. The event is breaking new ground as it will be the debut
of the J/70s first West Coast one-design regatta, the world's fastest
developing sportboat class. Perhaps most importantly, J sailors overall
will be well represented with a strong fleet of J/80s, a renowned fleet
of remarkably competitive J/105s and, of course, one of the best 40 ft
offshore one-designs rolling along the Pacific coast, the J/120s. With
101 boats registered to sail, the thirty-six J/Teams represent 36% of
the overall fleet!It looks like the J/70’s have a great fleet, a very deeply talented group no less, and may have up to a dozen boats sailing. For such a fleet, it's remarkable to see some of California's offshore and one-design racing luminaries participating, testimony to the fact the J/70 is perhaps one of the most fun and easy-to-sail performance sportboats ever created. Leading the charge is past 470 and M24 World Champion Dave Ullman from Ullman Sails sailing is own boat USA 32. Then you have one of talk radio's more famous hosts, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, sailing her new VENDETTA USA 201 with Chris Snow on board and you also have Bennett Greenwald on PERSEVERANCE USA 206 with Vince Brun aboard! Then, you have Sean O'Keefe on DECOLORES 3; Craig Leweck of Scuttlebutt newsletter fame sailing with Jeff Brown; Scott Grealish on SPLASH from Portland, OR; and several other characters giving them all a "run-for-the-money". For more San Diego NOOD sailing information
