(Long Beach, CA)- The Southern California Yachting Association’s 83rd
Midwinter Regatta is gearing up for the weekend of February 18 and 19,
2012. The Midwinter Regatta is the largest and most unique regatta held
anywhere in North America.
This Regatta will be held at over 25 individual SCYA Clubs from Channel
Islands, south to San Diego, all ports in between, and east to Arizona.
This Regatta allows individual Yacht Clubs to feature specific races and
to give the sailors from their area the opportunity to race in a
combined, quality regional regatta against the best sailors in Southern
California and beyond. The goal for the 2012 SCYA Midwinter Regatta
Committee is to provide a high level of competition and quality racing
for sailors throughout Southern California and Arizona.
Along those lines, Scuttlebutt Editor Craig Leweck paid a visit to some
local bars/ restaurants on the simple basis that man does not live on
bread alone and sailors like more than cheeseburgers. To that end, the
sailor's hang-out (a.k.a. "watering hole") of choice apparently is Gladstone's in Long Beach.
They not only have rum and king crab, but calamari as well.
Gladstone's is renowned for being the creators of Maui's "Best Mai Tai"
and voted "Best Seafood" by Press Telegram readers-- you can learn more about Gladstone's here.
As for the sailing, the various J's will be divided up over three
primary sailing areas (of the six that on stage for the event). Sailing
out of Dana Point YC (south of Newport Beach) are the J/24s. The J/80s
will be racing at both Arizona YC (Lake Pleasant) and Cal YC up in
Marina Del Rey. The J/105s are beginning to gear up for their 2012
North Americans in San Diego, so watch for a highly competitive fleet
vying for class honors in San Diego. Also racing out of San Diego YC
will be the J/109s and J/120s. For more SCYA Midwinters sailing information.