(San Diego, CA)- San Diego's favorite Fall racing series is in full
swing! For three Saturday’s (November 9th, 23rd and December 7th), the
San Diego Yacht Club plays host to the annual Hot Rum Series— a
fun-loving “free-for-all” that generally sees the fleet starting inside
of San Diego Harbor, takes them on a “tour” that heads out past the
majestic Point Loma, around some buoy set offshore, then “back home to
the barn” to again finish inside the channel just off Harbor Island.
It’s an annual ritual for many SoCal sailors and, for most, it’s pretty
random how one finishes based on how the wind blows (or not!). For
those not “in-the-know”, it’s consistently one of the largest PHRF
“pursuit-style” races run annually— with the little boats (like 21
footers) starting first and the big boats (e.g. over 70 foot ULDB sleds)
starting last; whomever crosses first wins! Many J/Teams participate in this festival of sailing, more fun than being an actual race. The seven J/70s in PHRF Class 4 are knocking it out of the park so far! First in class is Karl Pomeroy’s ZERO TO SIXTY followed in second place by Jeff Brown’s “J70 Team”. Dave Vieregg is sitting 3rd in J/70s and fifth in class on SOGGY DOLLAR. Sailing photo credits- Bronny Daniels/ Joysailing.com For more San Diego YC Hot Rum sailing information
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