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Do they have a metallic flake finish to blend in with the bass boat finish?

Is that a granite countertop on the poop deck? What a Vete!

I agree with you @RobbieB that access to the water and secure boat storage is the missing link from interested sailors to folks that own boats and use them. Our area has lost the stepping stone clubs, and the county wanted to shut down the public launch ramp in the name of condos and shopping...

I have a late 90's Vanguard Laser (OQT) that I need to touch up the white gelcoat stern and bow knuckle where they occasionally have scuffed going down the ramp at low tide, or fell off the dolly. Is there a good starting point for 'white'? It's not going to be boat shop perfect, but I do want...

This should be interesting. I think that PHRF SoCal is not taking downwind spinnaker area into account, and is leaning on a "One Design" configuration that is not as common as one would think.

San Diego YC does Sabot —> Open Skiff / CFJ / C420 —> Laser / 29er

I always check Kinder for covers, especially for boats built in the North East (at some point of the lifecycle).

I think the Melges 32 is the best PHRF boat in that range....just an amazing day sailer especially with good crew onboard.

They are closed today to dig out, the 395 is closed since yesterday, and they hope to be able to be open by tomorrow. But.....this also might be the end of the storm train for awhile....

I did my first sail on a J/111 over the weekend, and I really like the boat. It was light wind and pretty flat water, but the boat kept moving along just fine with the class sail setup.

There is a large swath of Southern California that continues to produce great junior sailors without Optimist fleets and the associated continental and international travel. Just because your child may sail the Optimist in your local/regional fleet, you don't need to buy into the 'campaign'...

My comment was in response to what was potentially going to come out of the 2019 debacle, where someone wrote that there was hope that LP would build C420's to fill the need. The reality is different. We have Vanguard C420s and Zim 420s in our club's fleet. Our Vanguard C420s were pushed aside...

I agree that you guys nailed the target, and the fact that the number of boats has grown to the point where you can get 40 boat fleets of kids learning how sail/race with trapeze and spinnakers, and the boats don't wear out, is the original intent.

We like the Optimum OS11 watches that we have in house. They do not have a stopwatch, though, for those want to keep track of deltas between finishes. You'll never lose the watch due to a strap pin failure.

I did a bunch of Wednesday night and random leg racing on a 44' foot boat this year that has 2 speed powered winches at every station (and an under deck powered headsail furler, and in-boom furling system). It's faster to trim and adjust the sails using manual power and winch handles, not to...

No to this reboot of the Cal25.

3 years later.....what happened out of all that mess? Did LP ever build a C420 again?

Wing foiling is shoving itself in the door for less than the price of an ILCA. https://www.anocolympic.org/anoc-new/wingfoil-to-be-part-of-the-programme-at-anoc-world-beach-games-bali-2023/

The future of sailing is Harbor 20's, and the future of foiling is wing foiling.

Don’t overtrim the jib boom so that the leeward ‘sheet’ is inside of vertical. Trim/adjust the jib halyard to set the leech. Pack a cooler.