24707 Dana Drive, Dana Point, CA 92629
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33° 27.70' N - 117° 42.00' W

 

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Aventura Racing

Aventura has a year-round club racing program that allows you to participate in non-spinnaker round-the-marks races on winter Saturday afternoons and on summer Friday evenings.


WINTER SERIES RACING

Our winter racing season got off to a great start with three boats and teams competing in the first race of the series. We ran a 7 mile course of G-A-B-C-F in 8 knots of SW breeze under clear skies. Cloud Chaser led at the start and all around the course, followed by Dark Star and Nazdrowie. Although skippers Walt Gonzales on Dark Star and Tracie Labollita on Nazdrowie closed on the leader at different points, skipper Doug Elner and crew of Pavel Ugoltsov, Dan Purrington, Rich Bennett and Ed Johnston held off the challengers for the first win of the new season. The second race also had great wind with all 3 boats in tight competition over the entire race. A 9.2 mile course of G-A-B-Gs-C-F was called for the 10 knot SE wind. Rich Bennett driving Fugga Oui really nailed the start with Frank Andrews right behind at the favored committee boat end of the line. Dark Star started late, but pointing higher caught the leaders as the 3 boats stayed in a tight formation around the course. At the midpoint of the race rounding G, the fleet was within a couple of minutes. Finishing up the channel skipper Ron Lee and his team of Doug Ellner, Tracie LaBollita and George Hirst maintained their lead crossing first but had to see if short handed Frank Andrews and his crew of Debbie Borner and Esther Berg would get the win on corrected time. After 2 hours of great racing, Dark Star had the win by 11 seconds over Frank and the ladies with Rich just a few minutes back on Fugga Oui.

Winter racing on Saturday afternoons in Southern California is some of the best sailing anywhere. The wind is generally better, we can run longer races than the summer TGIF races, the sunsets are beautiful, and there's frequent sighting of our local migrating gray whales. We'll also be opening our races to other sailors within the harbor, scheduling our races for those Saturdays that don't conflict with DPYC PHRF races. This will give Aventura members the experience of racing in mixed fleets with multiple starts including a spinnaker class. Check your newsletter and the web page for the scheduled races. If you haven't yet participated in the Aventura racing program, make a point to start this year. Remember no prior racing experience is necessary, only the interest in sailing, improving skills, meeting like minded sailors and having a good time.


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Every October, there's the Aventura Cup!

Members put together teams to compete for the Cup in a one-day, two-race regatta. In this unique event, the winning team in the first race sails the second race in the boat that finished last in the first race; second-place team sails second-last boat and so on. Talk about a great test of sailing! Total scores for both races decide the Cup championship, and the winning team gets individual take-home trophies at the big post-regatta barbecue that night!

Aventura's race program feeds sailors into other races around the harbor and throughout the West. Members have chartered Aventura boats for the Newport to Ensenada race, and members have gone on to sail on boats in the Puerto Vallarta race and the Transpac race from Los Angeles to Honolulu, among others. And many members have gone on to buy their own boats and sail races throughout Dana Point and all of the West Coast.

 

Aventura Cup XVI -  October 17, 2009 photos
Results
 
Aventura Cup XV -  October 25, 2008 photos
Results
Newsletter
 
Aventura Cup XIV -  November 3, 2007 photos
Results
 
Racing in the Fog June 07 Photos
 
Aventura Cup XIII -  November 4, 2006 photos
 
Aventura Cup XII -  November 5, 2005 photos

 

For more information call the Office (949) 493-9493
or email us at info@aventurasailing.com.

Aventura Racing

Aventura has put together a sailing event almost every week for its members and their families to participate in. Both social sails and racing are casual and fun events that are a great way to meet other fellow members.

Check the Calendar for the next Race and Social Sail.