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COVID CRUISING, TRY THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

View fullsize By Brendan Huffman With so much of the world off limits to cruising this year, many cruisers can find adventure here among Southern California’s Channel Islands. To be sure, we are blessed to have Catalina Island so close…

Del Rey Yacht Club Single/Doublehanded Race #3

View fullsize Brendan Huffman’s Santa Cruz 33 SIREN finished second in the PHRF Singlehanded class with X-Drive Endure sails. Rick Ruskin photo. View fullsize Thomas Lehtonen’s venerable Cal 36 RUNAWAY finished second in Doublehanded Cruising Class A. Her roller furling…

DOUBLEHANDED RACING TIPS: SPINNAKER PEELS

By Adam Loory, General Manager of UK Sailmakers International This spring, I created a doublehanded social distancing racing series so that sailboat racing could restart safely. An unforeseen result is that my long-time friend and crewmember Gerard Girstl and I…