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The convention is presented by Gail Hine, who has been a leading force in promoting women’s sailing for more than 45 years.
The event features a docket of workshops both classroom-based and on-the-waterbased sessions taught by instructors from all over the state and country.
Dates Announced for 2022 Sailing Convention for Women
The annual Sailing Convention for Women presented by Gail Hine will be held February 5, 2022.
By: LINDSEY GLASGOW
NEWPORT BEACH— After a brief oneyear hiatus in 2021 due to COVID-19, the Sailing Convention for Women, presented by Gail Hine, has made it back onto the calendar for 2022. Event organizers recently announced that the convention will be held on Feb. 5, 2022 at Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club in Newport Beach. Early bird registration for the event begins in December.
“There’s a pent-up desire for it, people have been stuck at home for 18 months, almost two years by the time we get there and so I think there’ll be lots of gals who’ll wanna participate again and get out there on the water,” said Hine.
Hine started the event in 1990 and continues to spearhead it to this day. The Southern California Yachting Association sponsored the event for the first 27 years. The convention brings sailors of different generations and backgrounds together to share their knowledge and skill in the lifestyle of boating. It features a docket of approximately 30 workshops both classroom-based and on-the-water-based sessions taught by instructors from all over the state and country.
“It’s a special event, I like to think of it as the gold standard for such events,” said Hine.
Female sailors of all skill sets are encouraged to attend. Attendees can select workshops that best fit their interests and abilities. The most popular workshops, such as docking, suddenly single-handed, and navigation, will be back in the line-up for the 2022 convention as well as some news ones.
“I have a couple of ideas on some new workshops but they’re not set in concrete yet but they will be shortly,” said Hine.
She said they are still in the early stages of planning the event and are working on finalizing a speaker, coaches, and workshops.
Hine has been a leading force in promoting women’s sailing for more than 45 years. She spearheaded the Southern California Yachting Association Women’s Sailing Committee for two decades and served on the Women’s Sailing Foundation/National Women’s Sailing Association board of directors for 20 years. Hine joined the board in 2001 and retired last year after 20 years of service.
“It’s time to let the new girls run the show and get some new ideas out there,” said Hine. “I enjoyed being a member of that group but the time has come.”
The WSF/NWSA held a send-off gala for her retirement on Zoom on May 21.
“Gail Hine has been a leading force in promoting women’s sailing for many, many years,” wrote the WSF/NWSA in the gala event description. “She began these efforts in 1975 and has achieved legendary status for her decades of fabulous women’s Sailing Conventions.”
For more information on the convention, visit sailingconventionforwomen. com.
ON THE HORIZONS
By: LINDSEY GLASGOW
» SoCal 300, Santa Barbara to San Diego, June 3-5
San Diego Yacht Club and Santa Barbara Yacht Club will co-host this signature summer offshore race, which is the Southern California leg of the California Offshore Race Week. The race is preceded by the Spinnaker Cup (San Francisco to Monterey) May 29-30 and the Coastal Cup (Monterey to Santa Barbara) May 31 - June 1. The SoCal 300 is open to all monohull boats with an ORR or ORR-EZ certifi cate that are 23 feet 9 inches or longer in overall length or multihulls conforming to NOR 2.3.1 thru 2.3.6. Eligible boats can enter by completing the online registration found at www.offshoreraceweek. com no later than 6 p.m. on May 29. The entry fee is $275.
» Los Angeles Yacht Club 2021 Opening Day Race, June 5
This race is open to yachts possessing a current Southern California PHRF handicap. The Area C Random Leg rating will apply. A minimum of four entries will be required to establish a class. The racing area will be in the vicinity of Los Angeles Harbor, with the starting area approximately 1.5 nautical miles northeast of the Los Angeles Harbor Entrance. Registration will only be offered online at www.layc. org. The entry fee is $40 and all entries must be accompanied by a current PHRF certifi cate. Entries must be received by 6 p.m. on June 3.
» McCune Cheeseburgers in Paradise, June 5
Pacifi c Corinthian Yacht Club in Oxnard will host this race with spinnaker and non-spinnaker classes; PHRF ratings. The entry fee is $30, which is payable at the skippers meeting at 9:30 a.m. on June 5. The race will start outside the detached breakwater at Channel Islands Harbor at 11 a.m. If allowed under state and local guidelines, there will be a “Cheeseburgers in Paradise” Jimmy Buffet party to follow the awards after the race. Registration can be completed on Regatta Network at https://bit. ly/2SGOI8R/.
» 2021 Naples Sabot Senior Championship, June 5-6
Hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, this regatta is open to all members of the Naples Sabot Class declared eligible by INSA, who hold a 2021 INSA membership, and have a 2021 transom sticker. Seniors, Masters, Grand Masters, and Clydesdale classes will race separately. Eligible boats may enter by completing the online entry form at www.abyc. org. Late entries will be accepted until June 5 at 10:30 a.m.
With an eye towards the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028, the San Diego Olympic Classes Regatta hosted by San Diego Yacht Club will provide a venue for sailors to train and compete in international, high-performance classes. More information will be posted at raceoffi ce.usopen. ussailing.org/en/default/races/ race/text/2021-san-diego-olympic-classes-regatta-en.
» 2021 RS Tera SoCal Championship, June 12 and 17
The 2021 RS Tera California Series is open to all members of the RS Sailing North America Class Association. SoCal Champs #1 will be held at Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club on June 12 and SoCal Champs #2 will be held at Dana West Yacht Club on June 17. Take home trophies will be awarded to the top of fi nishers in each event and the top fi nishers of the series at the conclusion of the second event. For more information visit www.rsterana.org or contact Steve Potter at seriescaptain.rsterana@gmail.com.
U.S. Para Sailing Championship Alongside C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Regatta
The C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial clinic and regatta will host the 2021 U.S. Para Sailing Championships in Newport, R.I.
By: JORDAN B. DARLING
NEWPORT, R.I. — The 2021 U.S. Para Sailing Championships will be hosted by the C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta, and US Sailing August 24 through 29 at Sail Newport in Newport, Rhode Island.
The U.S. Para Sailing Championships is one of the oldest sailing regattas. Starting in 1986 under the name Independence Cup, it became US Sailing’s national championship for disabled sailors in 1989, according to the US Sailing website. In 2007 the regatta moved under the Championships division of US Sailing and was renamed the U.S. Disabled Sailing Championship, and in 2017 the U.S. Board of Directors approved a name change to U.S. Para Sailing Championships.
The championship has produced several competitors that went on to represent the United States in the Paralympics, including 2008 paralympian and gold medalist Nick Scandone.
The Clagett and US Sailing partnered together in 2018 to host the US Para Sailing Championships, 47 sailors participated in three different classes.
The C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memori-
Please see PARA SAIL, PAGE 26
Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club Celebrates Opening Day 2021
It’s yacht club opening day celebration season, and many clubs celebrated the centuries-old seasonal debut in May. Including Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, who celebrated its opening day on May 8. Pictured here is Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club Vice Commodore Kari Konapelsky, left, presenting the Arthur B Strock Service Award, which is awarded to members who have performed outstanding service for the Harbor 20 Fleet One organization, to Len Bose, right, as part of the club’s Opening Day Ceremony.
