YRA Racing Roundtable

The Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay’s series of seminars and socials will continue on Thursday, June 28, when Kame Richards and Seadon Wijsen will facilitate a roundtable discussion on Racing Tactics.

Topics will include:

• Starting line tactics.
• Tactics on the first beat.
• Tactics on the first run.
• Reviews of the 2018 Great Vallejo Race and the OYRA Duxship Race, including skipper input from participating boats and Jibeset tracking data.
• Previews of the upcoming Westpoint Regatta and Encinal Regatta.

Kame Richards is a sailmaker and designer at Pineapple Sails, which he co-founded in 1973. His racing experience covers San Francisco Bay, the California Coast, 12 Hawaii races and 8 Mexico races, as well as races in the Great Lakes, Florida, Texas and Europe. He has cruised in Mexico, New Zealand and Australia. He has a very popular talk on the tidal currents of San Francisco Bay. 

Seadon Wijsen grew up sailing in San Francisco Bay out of the Richmond and St. Francis Yacht Club youth programs. He also has an extensive offshore cruising background. He has focused primarily as tactician and project manager for many one designs and big boats. He is a world champion in multiple classes and has won more than a dozen national championships. He has sailed seven races to Hawaii including an overall win in the Pacific Cup and a division win in the Transpac. He’s head of sales on the West Coast for North Sails.

Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda will host the roundtable, starting at 7 p.m. The cost to register is $20. Sign up here.