(San Francisco, CA)- This coming weekend marks the start of one of the
most famous offshore shorthanded races in all of California- the
Doublehanded Farallones Race. Hosting the event is the San Francisco Bay
Area Multihull Association (SF-BAMA). Fifty-seven teams are taking up
this epic shorthanded challenge.
From
the start inside San Francisco Bay alongside the Golden Gate Yacht
Club, the fleet heads out to sea and around the Southeast Farallones
Island, leaving it to port, and then to the finish- a distance of
approximately 58.0nm. Seven J/Teams are participating in the race. Leading them all should be the group of five J/120s; including Mike O’Callaghan’s PEREGRINE, Sean Mulvihill’s JAMANI, Timo Bruck’s TWIST, Ludovic Milin’s SAETTA, and Bridgitt Ahern’s ALCHERA. Joining them will be Jim Hopp’s J/88 WHITE SHADOW and Chris Kim’s J/105 VUJA STAR. For Doublehanded Farallones Race entries and race results For more SF-BAMA Doublehanded Farallones Race sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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