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Spring Is Coming

By John Arndt | March 16, 2018 | San Francisco Bay |

How do we know? Besides all of the allergy sneezing, a quick look at the Northern California Racing Calendar shows nine separate events scheduled for Saturday and five more on Sunday.

When we looked at the weather earlier in the week, it looked like the gods were reserving the weekend for sailors.

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The races themselves boast names that haven’t quite made up there minds which season it is. One is called the BAYS Winter Series, for example, and another Winter #5 St. Patrick’s Day Race at Sequoia Yacht Club. But on the same day as these winter races, there’s also Oakland YC’s Rites of Spring and the Spring One-Design Regatta at St. Francis YC. So we guess it’s ‘choose your season’.

Spring sailing in the Bay often means gray clouds and unpredictable winds. This shot is from last April, sailing with Bruce and Gail Sinclair on their Mull 30 Shadow at the beginning of Vallejo Yacht Club’s beer can series.

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Of course that’s just the racing calendar. Most people know that to sail, you don’t have to race, but for some, that’s the only thing that gets them on the water. Dennis Conner once said, "I hate sailing. I like racing."

OK, so the early forecast didn’t hold up. The weather is still better than it’s been this past week, and you’ll be sailing!

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Let us know what you get up to — there’s surely some good sailing ahead this weekend. And, if you’re on a race course, good luck!

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