Saturday, June 1, 2019

Delta Ditch Run Preview

Delta Ditch run course
(Richmond, CA)- This year is the 29th annual Point Richmond to Stockton Race, also known infamously as the “Delta Ditch Run”. The course is from the starting area in San Francisco Bay, between the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and the Brothers Islands, to the finish line at the J/70 sailing Delta Ditch runStockton Sailing Club, a distance of approximately 65.0nm. The scheduled first warning is at 10:25 A.M. on Saturday.

There are a number of J/Teams that are participating in this fun-loving adventure, a truly awesome, crazy, over-the-top downwind blast going past buoys, islands, and sand bars in an endless “chicane” from start to finish. Those teams include Larry Levit’s J/105 ARCHIMEDES, Brian Mullen’s J/70 ORANGE YOU GLAD, Mark Thomas & Peter Cameron’s J/70 KANGAROO JOCKEY, Jack Vetter’s J/80 PEARL, and Andrew Bongiorno’s J/24 SOSEGA II. For more Delta Ditch Run sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.