The second Redwood Cup race took place on Sunday, December 20. See the SYC Racing page and click on the Redwood Cup link for more details.

It's a long, cold winter, but don't worry, Spring will be here before you know it & it will be time for Beer Can Racing!   We will have a Beer Can Fleet Meeting Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 1930.  Purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the schedule and review/revise the racing instructions.   All interested members are invited to attend.

The 2010 Sequoia racing season continued on Sat., Dec. 5 with Winter #2.  Once again the popularity of SYC Winter Racing was demonstrated with 16 boats starting the race, including one boat from Coyote Pt. Yacht Club.  There were 13 boats in the spinnaker division and 3 in the non-spinnaker division.

The race also demonstrated just how fickle the winds can be during the winter series.  The journey to the starting line was under overcast skies with promising winds of about 10 knots, gusting to 13.  This led to a decision to extend the race from 4.8 to 7.1 miles.  Five minutes after the change, the wind died to about 2 knots and the first start was postponed.  The race finally started at 13:15.

Although the wind was light the rest of the afternoon, the SYC racers were not to be stopped and 13 of the 16 boats finished as the sun was setting in the west.  Those with later finish times were treated to a first view of the boats decked out with holiday lights on their way back to the harbor.