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I'm not sure how I missed this, but there was a very good writeup of our local SH scene in SAIL by Kimball Livingston.
They even quote some guy named Jim Quanci.
Two's Company in San Francisco's Doublehanded Racing Scene
Maybe it means something that 20 percent of the 2014 Pacific Cup fleet is sailing doublehanded. Maybe it means something that the biggest annual race on San Francisco Bay is a goofy winter event for one- and two-person crews. And maybe it means something that the Singlehanded Transpac is simply an event on the calendar, as opposed to a point of controversy, as it was when it started 35 years ago. Shorthanded sailing is having a heyday in Northern California, and its driving forces fit into the big picture of sailing in 2014.
• The average raceboat has grown smaller. (Even as the average cruising boat has grown larger—go figure).
• Keelboat owners bemoan the difficulty of finding, keeping and feeding skilled crew.
• Many people yearn to escape predictable windward-leeward courses.
So, a smaller boat is easy enough to sail shorthanded. It’s easy enough to provision for only one or two. And nobody, but nobody, sails shorthanded windward-leeward races. Are we making sense here?
On the San Francisco Bay racing calendar, in addition to the annual Doublehanded Lightship Race, 11 miles out beyond the Gate and back, there is a Fully Crewed Lightship Race a few weeks later, with a doublehanded division added by popular demand. And while its name is nothing more than a wry nod to the Bermuda One-Two, the 20-mile inshore Vallejo One-Two race is another newcomer on the calendar, along with a slew of other inshore races.
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full article: http://www.sailmagazine.com/kimball...t-popular-offshore-racing-scene-san-francisco
They even quote some guy named Jim Quanci.
Two's Company in San Francisco's Doublehanded Racing Scene
Maybe it means something that 20 percent of the 2014 Pacific Cup fleet is sailing doublehanded. Maybe it means something that the biggest annual race on San Francisco Bay is a goofy winter event for one- and two-person crews. And maybe it means something that the Singlehanded Transpac is simply an event on the calendar, as opposed to a point of controversy, as it was when it started 35 years ago. Shorthanded sailing is having a heyday in Northern California, and its driving forces fit into the big picture of sailing in 2014.
• The average raceboat has grown smaller. (Even as the average cruising boat has grown larger—go figure).
• Keelboat owners bemoan the difficulty of finding, keeping and feeding skilled crew.
• Many people yearn to escape predictable windward-leeward courses.
So, a smaller boat is easy enough to sail shorthanded. It’s easy enough to provision for only one or two. And nobody, but nobody, sails shorthanded windward-leeward races. Are we making sense here?
On the San Francisco Bay racing calendar, in addition to the annual Doublehanded Lightship Race, 11 miles out beyond the Gate and back, there is a Fully Crewed Lightship Race a few weeks later, with a doublehanded division added by popular demand. And while its name is nothing more than a wry nod to the Bermuda One-Two, the 20-mile inshore Vallejo One-Two race is another newcomer on the calendar, along with a slew of other inshore races.
[... click to read the rest ...]
full article: http://www.sailmagazine.com/kimball...t-popular-offshore-racing-scene-san-francisco