(Santa Barbara, CA)- This year the Coastal Cup returned to the beautiful
city of Santa Barbara. Though little more than an hour north of Los
Angeles, Santa Barbara is an oasis of peace and quiet on the warm, sandy
California coast. The Spanish architecture and rugged mountains sloping
down to the sea combine to give the city a distinctively Mediterranean
flavor, and make it a tourist favorite.Racing down the coast from San Francisco to Santa Barbara is fun and challenging, featuring a wide range of conditions - from the unpredictable upwind beat out past Land's End, the white knuckle spinnaker reaching off the treacherous Pt. Conception and Pt. Sur, to ghosting in the light morning breezes through the Channel Islands to finish off Santa Barbara. There is truly something to satisfy every sailing appetite.
This year, the J/125 TIMESHAVER sailed by Viggo Torbensen managed to grab third overall with Ed Sanford's J/105 CREATIVE won their class and the J/35c PEGASUS sailed by Marc Sykes finished second in class. Watch J/125 TIMESHAVER sailing video on Coastal Cup Race For more Coastal Cup Race sailing information
