Five months away, 18 boats are already planning for Del Rey Club's 17th biennial del Rey to Puerto Vallarta International Race that will start Feb.
The club initiated an early call for entries not only to allow smoother handling of the international logistics but to give competitors more time to prepare for the 1,125-nautical mile contest---longest of the races from Southern California to Mexico.
Initial indications are that several crews intend to have as much fun ashore as they do at sea.
Those are members of the Salsa fleet, formerly known as the cruising class but now enjoying a new identity as serious sailors with a slightly different lifestyle.
I hope we're not taking it TOO seriously, says Allen Puckett, the 83-year-old skipper of Amazing Grace, a Farr 55.
The whole point of the class is to avoid a life-or-death serious approach to this thing [and] to have some fun.
A more serious approach would apply to legendary former winners such as Windward Passage, Ragtime, Sirius, Sorcery and Pyewacket, as well as full-on racers lining up for 2003, including Robert Saielli's Santa Cruz 70, Mongoose; Jack Borkowski's Olson 40, Prime Time, and Kirk and Jocelyn Wilson's S C 50, Bay Wolf.
The race is open to all boats with a Southern California PHRF off-wind course (OWC) rating or 150 or lower and a minimum deck length of 35 feet.
There will be three divisions Racing, Salsa Spinnaker and Salsa Non-Spinnaker.
They'll go off in staggered starts from Feb.
The final destination will be Vallarta, a modern full-service fronting the popular mainland Mexico tourist port.
The racers won't touch land until the finish, while the Salsa sailors have overnight stops scheduled at Turtle Bay, Santa Maria and Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California peninsula before turning the corner across the Gulf of California.
The Salsa boats will take the first start Feb.
7 and may use engine propulsion when the wind is too light to make reasonable progress.
A sophisticated scoring system will adjust their final elapsed times to account for their motoring times.
All the boats will be checked closely for safety systems.
del Rey-Puerto Vallarta race regulations were already stronger than most similar events even before the recent rash of man-overboard incidents.
When on deck between dusk and dawn crew members are required to wear personal flotation devices (PFDs) with auto-activated strobe lights, and the Sailing Instructions recommend that each be fully tethered.
Puckett has not become complacent over the years.
He meets the above requirements, even when they aren't mandated.
We have the usual safety equipment, including [a man-overboard throwable device] that's ready to go, he said.
Five months away, 18 boats are already planning for Del Rey Club's 17th biennial del Rey to Puerto Vallarta International Race that will start Feb.
The club initiated an early call for entries not only to allow smoother handling of the international logistics but to give competitors more time to prepare for the 1,125-nautical mile contest---longest of the races from Southern California to Mexico.
Initial indications are that several crews intend to have as much fun ashore as they do at sea.
Those are members of the Salsa fleet, formerly known as the cruising class but now enjoying a new identity as serious sailors with a slightly different lifestyle.
I hope we're not taking it TOO seriously, says Allen Puckett, the 83-year-old skipper of Amazing Grace, a Farr 55.
The whole point of the class is to avoid a life-or-death serious approach to this thing [and] to have some fun.
A more serious approach would apply to legendary former winners such as Windward Passage, Ragtime, Sirius, Sorcery and Pyewacket, as well as full-on racers lining up for 2003, including Robert Saielli's Santa Cruz 70, Mongoose; Jack Borkowski's Olson 40, Prime Time, and Kirk and Jocelyn Wilson's S C 50, Bay Wolf.
The race is open to all boats with a Southern California PHRF off-wind course (OWC) rating or 150 or lower and a minimum deck length of 35 feet.
There will be three divisions Racing, Salsa Spinnaker and Salsa Non-Spinnaker.
They'll go off in staggered starts from Feb.
The final destination will be Vallarta, a modern full-service fronting the popular mainland Mexico tourist port.
The racers won't touch land until the finish, while the Salsa sailors have overnight stops scheduled at Turtle Bay, Santa Maria and Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California peninsula before turning the corner across the Gulf of California.
The Salsa boats will take the first start Feb.
7 and may use engine propulsion when the wind is too light to make reasonable progress.
A sophisticated scoring system will adjust their final elapsed times to account for their motoring times.
All the boats will be checked closely for safety systems.
del Rey-Puerto Vallarta race regulations were already stronger than most similar events even before the recent rash of man-overboard incidents.
When on deck between dusk and dawn crew members are required to wear personal flotation devices (PFDs) with auto-activated strobe lights, and the Sailing Instructions recommend that each be fully tethered.
Puckett has not become complacent over the years.
He meets the above requirements, even when they aren't mandated.
We have the usual safety equipment, including [a man-overboard throwable device] that's ready to go, he said.
Five months away, 18 boats are already planning for Del Rey Club's 17th biennial del Rey to Puerto Vallarta International Race that will start Feb.
The club initiated an early call for entries not only to allow smoother handling of the international logistics but to give competitors more time to prepare for the 1,125-nautical mile contest---longest of the races from Southern California to Mexico.
Initial indications are that several crews intend to have as much fun ashore as they do at sea.
Those are members of the Salsa fleet, formerly known as the cruising class but now enjoying a new identity as serious sailors with a slightly different lifestyle.
I hope we're not taking it TOO seriously, says Allen Puckett, the 83-year-old skipper of Amazing Grace, a Farr 55.
The whole point of the class is to avoid a life-or-death serious approach to this thing [and] to have some fun.
A more serious approach would apply to legendary former winners such as Windward Passage, Ragtime, Sirius, Sorcery and Pyewacket, as well as full-on racers lining up for 2003, including Robert Saielli's Santa Cruz 70, Mongoose; Jack Borkowski's Olson 40, Prime Time, and Kirk and Jocelyn Wilson's S C 50, Bay Wolf.
The race is open to all boats with a Southern California PHRF off-wind course (OWC) rating or 150 or lower and a minimum deck length of 35 feet.
There will be three divisions Racing, Salsa Spinnaker and Salsa Non-Spinnaker.
They'll go off in staggered starts from Feb.
The final destination will be Vallarta, a modern full-service fronting the popular mainland Mexico tourist port.
The racers won't touch land until the finish, while the Salsa sailors have overnight stops scheduled at Turtle Bay, Santa Maria and Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California peninsula before turning the corner across the Gulf of California.
The Salsa boats will take the first start Feb.
7 and may use engine propulsion when the wind is too light to make reasonable progress.
A sophisticated scoring system will adjust their final elapsed times to account for their motoring times.
All the boats will be checked closely for safety systems.
del Rey-Puerto Vallarta race regulations were already stronger than most similar events even before the recent rash of man-overboard incidents.
When on deck between dusk and dawn crew members are required to wear personal flotation devices (PFDs) with auto-activated strobe lights, and the Sailing Instructions recommend that each be fully tethered.
Puckett has not become complacent over the years.
He meets the above requirements, even when they aren't mandated.
We have the usual safety equipment, including [a man-overboard throwable device] that's ready to go, he said.
Five months away, 18 boats are already planning for Del Rey Club's 17th biennial del Rey to Puerto Vallarta International Race that will start Feb.
The club initiated an early call for entries not only to allow smoother handling of the international logistics but to give competitors more time to prepare for the 1,125-nautical mile contest---longest of the races from Southern California to Mexico.
Initial indications are that several crews intend to have as much fun ashore as they do at sea.
Those are members of the Salsa fleet, formerly known as the cruising class but now enjoying a new identity as serious sailors with a slightly different lifestyle.
I hope we're not taking it TOO seriously, says Allen Puckett, the 83-year-old skipper of Amazing Grace, a Farr 55.
The whole point of the class is to avoid a life-or-death serious approach to this thing [and] to have some fun.
A more serious approach would apply to legendary former winners such as Windward Passage, Ragtime, Sirius, Sorcery and Pyewacket, as well as full-on racers lining up for 2003, including Robert Saielli's Santa Cruz 70, Mongoose; Jack Borkowski's Olson 40, Prime Time, and Kirk and Jocelyn Wilson's S C 50, Bay Wolf.
The race is open to all boats with a Southern California PHRF off-wind course (OWC) rating or 150 or lower and a minimum deck length of 35 feet.
There will be three divisions Racing, Salsa Spinnaker and Salsa Non-Spinnaker.
They'll go off in staggered starts from Feb.
The final destination will be Vallarta, a modern full-service fronting the popular mainland Mexico tourist port.
The racers won't touch land until the finish, while the Salsa sailors have overnight stops scheduled at Turtle Bay, Santa Maria and Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California peninsula before turning the corner across the Gulf of California.
The Salsa boats will take the first start Feb.
7 and may use engine propulsion when the wind is too light to make reasonable progress.
A sophisticated scoring system will adjust their final elapsed times to account for their motoring times.
All the boats will be checked closely for safety systems.
del Rey-Puerto Vallarta race regulations were already stronger than most similar events even before the recent rash of man-overboard incidents.
When on deck between dusk and dawn crew members are required to wear personal flotation devices (PFDs) with auto-activated strobe lights, and the Sailing Instructions recommend that each be fully tethered.
Puckett has not become complacent over the years.
He meets the above requirements, even when they aren't mandated.
We have the usual safety equipment, including [a man-overboard throwable device] that's ready to go, he said.
Five months away, 18 boats are already planning for Del Rey Club's 17th biennial del Rey to Puerto Vallarta International Race that will start Feb.
The club initiated an early call for entries not only to allow smoother handling of the international logistics but to give competitors more time to prepare for the 1,125-nautical mile contest---longest of the races from Southern California to Mexico.
Initial indications are that several crews intend to have as much fun ashore as they do at sea.
Those are members of the Salsa fleet, formerly known as the cruising class but now enjoying a new identity as serious sailors with a slightly different lifestyle.
I hope we're not taking it TOO seriously, says Allen Puckett, the 83-year-old skipper of Amazing Grace, a Farr 55.
The whole point of the class is to avoid a life-or-death serious approach to this thing [and] to have some fun.
A more serious approach would apply to legendary former winners such as Windward Passage, Ragtime, Sirius, Sorcery and Pyewacket, as well as full-on racers lining up for 2003, including Robert Saielli's Santa Cruz 70, Mongoose; Jack Borkowski's Olson 40, Prime Time, and Kirk and Jocelyn Wilson's S C 50, Bay Wolf.
The race is open to all boats with a Southern California PHRF off-wind course (OWC) rating or 150 or lower and a minimum deck length of 35 feet.
There will be three divisions Racing, Salsa Spinnaker and Salsa Non-Spinnaker.
They'll go off in staggered starts from Feb.
The final destination will be Vallarta, a modern full-service fronting the popular mainland Mexico tourist port.
The racers won't touch land until the finish, while the Salsa sailors have overnight stops scheduled at Turtle Bay, Santa Maria and Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California peninsula before turning the corner across the Gulf of California.
The Salsa boats will take the first start Feb.
7 and may use engine propulsion when the wind is too light to make reasonable progress.
A sophisticated scoring system will adjust their final elapsed times to account for their motoring times.
All the boats will be checked closely for safety systems.
del Rey-Puerto Vallarta race regulations were already stronger than most similar events even before the recent rash of man-overboard incidents.
When on deck between dusk and dawn crew members are required to wear personal flotation devices (PFDs) with auto-activated strobe lights, and the Sailing Instructions recommend that each be fully tethered.
Puckett has not become complacent over the years.
He meets the above requirements, even when they aren't mandated.
We have the usual safety equipment, including [a man-overboard throwable device] that's ready to go, he said.
Five months away, 18 boats are already planning for Del Rey Club's 17th biennial del Rey to Puerto Vallarta International Race that will start Feb.
The club initiated an early call for entries not only to allow smoother handling of the international logistics but to give competitors more time to prepare for the 1,125-nautical mile contest---longest of the races from Southern California to Mexico.
Initial indications are that several crews intend to have as much fun ashore as they do at sea.
Those are members of the Salsa fleet, formerly known as the cruising class but now enjoying a new identity as serious sailors with a slightly different lifestyle.
I hope we're not taking it TOO seriously, says Allen Puckett, the 83-year-old skipper of Amazing Grace, a Farr 55.
The whole point of the class is to avoid a life-or-death serious approach to this thing [and] to have some fun.
A more serious approach would apply to legendary former winners such as Windward Passage, Ragtime, Sirius, Sorcery and Pyewacket, as well as full-on racers lining up for 2003, including Robert Saielli's Santa Cruz 70, Mongoose; Jack Borkowski's Olson 40, Prime Time, and Kirk and Jocelyn Wilson's S C 50, Bay Wolf.
The race is open to all boats with a Southern California PHRF off-wind course (OWC) rating or 150 or lower and a minimum deck length of 35 feet.
There will be three divisions Racing, Salsa Spinnaker and Salsa Non-Spinnaker.
They'll go off in staggered starts from Feb.
The final destination will be Vallarta, a modern full-service fronting the popular mainland Mexico tourist port.
The racers won't touch land until the finish, while the Salsa sailors have overnight stops scheduled at Turtle Bay, Santa Maria and Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California peninsula before turning the corner across the Gulf of California.
The Salsa boats will take the first start Feb.
7 and may use engine propulsion when the wind is too light to make reasonable progress.
A sophisticated scoring system will adjust their final elapsed times to account for their motoring times.
All the boats will be checked closely for safety systems.
del Rey-Puerto Vallarta race regulations were already stronger than most similar events even before the recent rash of man-overboard incidents.
When on deck between dusk and dawn crew members are required to wear personal flotation devices (PFDs) with auto-activated strobe lights, and the Sailing Instructions recommend that each be fully tethered.
Puckett has not become complacent over the years.
He meets the above requirements, even when they aren't mandated.
We have the usual safety equipment, including [a man-overboard throwable device] that's ready to go, he said.
Five months away, 18 boats are already planning for Del Rey Club's 17th biennial del Rey to Puerto Vallarta International Race that will start Feb.
The club initiated an early call for entries not only to allow smoother handling of the international logistics but to give competitors more time to prepare for the 1,125-nautical mile contest---longest of the races from Southern California to Mexico.
Initial indications are that several crews intend to have as much fun ashore as they do at sea.
Those are members of the Salsa fleet, formerly known as the cruising class but now enjoying a new identity as serious sailors with a slightly different lifestyle.
I hope we're not taking it TOO seriously, says Allen Puckett, the 83-year-old skipper of Amazing Grace, a Farr 55.
The whole point of the class is to avoid a life-or-death serious approach to this thing [and] to have some fun.
A more serious approach would apply to legendary former winners such as Windward Passage, Ragtime, Sirius, Sorcery and Pyewacket, as well as full-on racers lining up for 2003, including Robert Saielli's Santa Cruz 70, Mongoose; Jack Borkowski's Olson 40, Prime Time, and Kirk and Jocelyn Wilson's S C 50, Bay Wolf.
The race is open to all boats with a Southern California PHRF off-wind course (OWC) rating or 150 or lower and a minimum deck length of 35 feet.
There will be three divisions Racing, Salsa Spinnaker and Salsa Non-Spinnaker.
They'll go off in staggered starts from Feb.
The final destination will be Vallarta, a modern full-service fronting the popular mainland Mexico tourist port.
The racers won't touch land until the finish, while the Salsa sailors have overnight stops scheduled at Turtle Bay, Santa Maria and Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California peninsula before turning the corner across the Gulf of California.
The Salsa boats will take the first start Feb.
7 and may use engine propulsion when the wind is too light to make reasonable progress.
A sophisticated scoring system will adjust their final elapsed times to account for their motoring times.
All the boats will be checked closely for safety systems.
del Rey-Puerto Vallarta race regulations were already stronger than most similar events even before the recent rash of man-overboard incidents.
When on deck between dusk and dawn crew members are required to wear personal flotation devices (PFDs) with auto-activated strobe lights, and the Sailing Instructions recommend that each be fully tethered.
Puckett has not become complacent over the years.
He meets the above requirements, even when they aren't mandated.
We have the usual safety equipment, including [a man-overboard throwable device] that's ready to go, he said.
Five months away, 18 boats are already planning for Del Rey Club's 17th biennial del Rey to Puerto Vallarta International Race that will start Feb.
The club initiated an early call for entries not only to allow smoother handling of the international logistics but to give competitors more time to prepare for the 1,125-nautical mile contest---longest of the races from Southern California to Mexico.
Initial indications are that several crews intend to have as much fun ashore as they do at sea.
Those are members of the Salsa fleet, formerly known as the cruising class but now enjoying a new identity as serious sailors with a slightly different lifestyle.
I hope we're not taking it TOO seriously, says Allen Puckett, the 83-year-old skipper of Amazing Grace, a Farr 55.
The whole point of the class is to avoid a life-or-death serious approach to this thing [and] to have some fun.
A more serious approach would apply to legendary former winners such as Windward Passage, Ragtime, Sirius, Sorcery and Pyewacket, as well as full-on racers lining up for 2003, including Robert Saielli's Santa Cruz 70, Mongoose; Jack Borkowski's Olson 40, Prime Time, and Kirk and Jocelyn Wilson's S C 50, Bay Wolf.
The race is open to all boats with a Southern California PHRF off-wind course (OWC) rating or 150 or lower and a minimum deck length of 35 feet.
There will be three divisions Racing, Salsa Spinnaker and Salsa Non-Spinnaker.
They'll go off in staggered starts from Feb.
The final destination will be Vallarta, a modern full-service fronting the popular mainland Mexico tourist port.
The racers won't touch land until the finish, while the Salsa sailors have overnight stops scheduled at Turtle Bay, Santa Maria and Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California peninsula before turning the corner across the Gulf of California.
The Salsa boats will take the first start Feb.
7 and may use engine propulsion when the wind is too light to make reasonable progress.
A sophisticated scoring system will adjust their final elapsed times to account for their motoring times.
All the boats will be checked closely for safety systems.
del Rey-Puerto Vallarta race regulations were already stronger than most similar events even before the recent rash of man-overboard incidents.
When on deck between dusk and dawn crew members are required to wear personal flotation devices (PFDs) with auto-activated strobe lights, and the Sailing Instructions recommend that each be fully tethered.
Puckett has not become complacent over the years.
He meets the above requirements, even when they aren't mandated.
We have the usual safety equipment, including [a man-overboard throwable device] that's ready to go, he said.
Five months away, 18 boats are already planning for Del Rey Club's 17th biennial del Rey to Puerto Vallarta International Race that will start Feb.
The club initiated an early call for entries not only to allow smoother handling of the international logistics but to give competitors more time to prepare for the 1,125-nautical mile contest---longest of the races from Southern California to Mexico.
Initial indications are that several crews intend to have as much fun ashore as they do at sea.
Those are members of the Salsa fleet, formerly known as the cruising class but now enjoying a new identity as serious sailors with a slightly different lifestyle.
I hope we're not taking it TOO seriously, says Allen Puckett, the 83-year-old skipper of Amazing Grace, a Farr 55.
The whole point of the class is to avoid a life-or-death serious approach to this thing [and] to have some fun.
A more serious approach would apply to legendary former winners such as Windward Passage, Ragtime, Sirius, Sorcery and Pyewacket, as well as full-on racers lining up for 2003, including Robert Saielli's Santa Cruz 70, Mongoose; Jack Borkowski's Olson 40, Prime Time, and Kirk and Jocelyn Wilson's S C 50, Bay Wolf.
The race is open to all boats with a Southern California PHRF off-wind course (OWC) rating or 150 or lower and a minimum deck length of 35 feet.
There will be three divisions Racing, Salsa Spinnaker and Salsa Non-Spinnaker.
They'll go off in staggered starts from Feb.
The final destination will be Vallarta, a modern full-service fronting the popular mainland Mexico tourist port.
The racers won't touch land until the finish, while the Salsa sailors have overnight stops scheduled at Turtle Bay, Santa Maria and Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California peninsula before turning the corner across the Gulf of California.
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