Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week-Mid Regatta Report

Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week (LBRW) is in full swing and the action on the water is coming to a climax with one more day of racing left.  Saturday's racing saw wind in the teens and some reports of puffs in the low 20's.  LBRW is Southern California's premiere regatta and plays host to some of the hottest boats around the area.  2013 is also a great year for one design racing as ten closely contested fleets are battling it out on three different race courses.  Erik Shampain, on board the dominant Dark Star in the Farr 40 fleet, had this to say, "The racing has been extremely close with multiple boats being overlapped at every mark rounding.  We have managed to stay out in front by staying out of trouble and having clean races.  The new Ullman 1.5s Spinnaker is proving very fast and has certainly helped us extend on the downwind legs."  With two races to go Dark Star has a ten point lead over her nearest rival.

John Laun on his J-120 Caper is searching for boat of the week honors as his team have won every race in the 11 boat fleet.  Sean Smith from team J Almighty claimed this was the largest J-120 fleet he has sailed in.  LBRW is part of the J-120 fleets yearly series.  They combine buoy and coastal races to make up a rather interesting and competitive high point series.

The addition of random leg courses has breathed life into PHRF and added another dimension of racing.  From TP-52's to Cal 2-29's there is a place for everyone in this regatta.  The random leg courses see boats travel around Los Angeles harbor and up into the legendary Hurricane Gulch where the wind always seems to be a little stronger.  Jack Mayer on his Express 34 are winning class 3 in this division and are looking forward to one more race and a podium finish.

The largest fleet at LBRW is the popular Viper 640 which happen to be hosting Viper 640 North American's in 2014 on the same race course.  The highly competitive fleet is stacked with match racing pro's, I-14 rockstars and local gurus.  Last years champion Jim Sears is sitting in fourth while relatively new owner Kevin Taugher is showing how consistency wins regattas as he is constantly challenging for the top spots.

Sunday is shaping up to be a great day and nothing is for certain as the top boats need to perform well in order to stake their claim as champions.  For full results click here...

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Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week

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Long Beach, CA

Sailors enjoying themselves at the party

June 26th-28th, 2009 Long Beach Yacht Club and Alamitos Bay Yacht Club co-hosted Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week the last of the 4 race Ullman Sails Inshore Championship Series. This was 3 days of high quality racing and great after race parties. The first day of racing was an easy 8-10 knots of wind, sunny skies and flat seas. The 18 classes had close racing all day on all 3 courses. With no typical Long Beach damage the sailors were able to enjoy the great after race party with incredible food supplied by Gladstones and great music played from the upper deck of the yacht club.

Day two served up a little more wind to the typical Long Beach 15 knots. This tested crew and gear a little more and kept the night crew at Ullman Sails busy and out of the bar. The wind increased all day steadily and crews had to choose late in the day between their blades and genoas on the PHRF courses. At the end of the day the scores were very tight. Many of them tied like the J-120’s Caper and CC Rider. Some were dominating their class like the so successful Flying Tiger Mile High Klub and the J105 Current Obsession. The after race party was another great event with yet another great band at the pool area of Long Beach Yacht Club.While the racers partied with rum and drinks at the club, the service crew from Ullman Sails Long Beach and Newport Beach fixed ripped and torn sails! Their hardwork got everyone back on the race course for the final day!

Ed Feo's Andrews 45 "Locomotion" putting the pedal down at Acura presents Ullman Sails LBRW

Day three was a little more wind than the previous two days and a lot more action. With the winds topping 20 knots the sport boats were showing great speed on the runs and it tested the crews jibing abilities. A few boats like Viggo Torbenson’s Martella the IMX 38 came out and dominated in the breeze to come from behind and win their class. The Flying Tiger Mile High Klub did not have to sails the last race to win finishing the regatta with 5 bullets. The other boat to finish with 5 Bullets was Current Obsession the J105 in the largest fleet of the regatta at 13 boats. One thing these 4 boats have in common is their Ullman Sails. Ullman Sails was 1st or 2nd in almost all of the classes at this year’s event.

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-Wrap Up- Ahmanson Cup & USIC #1

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Newport Beach, CA

-Wrap Up-
Ahmanson Cup at NHYC and Ullman Sails Inshore Championship!

The saying, "Good things come to those who wait" came true for racers at NHYC's Ahmanson Cup, the first stop of the Ullman Sails Inshore Championship. One Design and PHRF Handicap classes took advantage of Sundays beautiful 12-18 knots of cool ocean breeze (SW-W) to have some HOT racing. Only 2 races were run on Saturday's light-air affair, so Sunday's perfect wind allowed the 2 race circles to send racers on 3 races to complete the promised 5 race series.

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Ahmanson Cup at NHYC kicks off the 2009 Ullman Sails Inshore Championship!

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Newport Beach, CA
USIC Fun Fact#1: The winners of last year’s Ahmanson Cup in the USIC classes were the eventual winners of the USIC overall trophies presented at U/S Long Beach Race Week!
USIC Fun Fact#2: The overall winner of each class every year raced all four regattas.
USIC FunFact#3: The 2008 USIC had the most participants versus previous USIC at 51 boats (189 total participants for 4 years, aver. of 47.3 boats per year!)

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Ullman Sails Inshore Championship Home Page

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