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Columbia 5.5 Meter Sloops Race on the Estuary
![Columbia 5.5 start](https://www.latitude38.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Columbia5.5-Meter-start-SlackwaterSF.jpg)
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Encinal Yacht Club hosted the 2022 Columbia 5.5 Fall Regatta on Sunday, November 20. Light winds graced the Alameda Estuary; sailing was slow to drifting. Nine boats sailed in four races scored.
![Spinnakers in light air](https://www.latitude38.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Columbia5.5-spinnakers-SlackwaterSF.jpg)
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The photographer known as Slackwater SF took these photos from the pier on Oakland’s Brooklyn Basin. To see the complete album (in chronological order), go to https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAgobp.
![Spinnakers with Sales Force Tower](https://www.latitude38.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Columbia5.5-spinnakers-SalesForceTower-SlackwaterSF.jpg)
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![Columbia 5.5s with USCG ships](https://www.latitude38.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Columbia5.5-Meters-USCGcutters-Estuary-SlackwaterSF.jpg)
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![Two Columbia 5.5 Meters](https://www.latitude38.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Columbia5.5-3517-SlackwaterSF.jpg)
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For complete results, see Jibeset.net.
![Alert and Rogue](https://www.latitude38.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Alert-Rogue-Columbia5.5-SlackwaterSF.jpg)
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