Sailonline is delighted to announce that we will again be partnering with the Encinal, St Francis, Monterey Peninsula , Santa Barbara and San Diego yacht clubs, and this year online-host two of their prestigious California Offshore Race Week, the CA 500 and the SoCal 300.
The CA 500 was a special addition to the Race Week’s calendar last year and stands apart from the other races of the week and was contested by the very fastest and largest maxi trimarans, racing from San Francisco to San Diego. This year, however, it is not on the IRL (in-real-life) calendar; nevertheless online we plan to race it again departing from the St Francis Yacht Club line on May 24 at 17:40 UTC.
The SoCal 300 is the third and final race for the California Race Week Overall title and has been very popular with SOLers (Sailonline sailors) for many years now. IRL and on SOL then the race, as always following a slalom course from Santa Barbara to San Diego, will start this year on May 30 at 13:00 UTC.
Sailonline plans to bring on-screen the tracks of the real SoCal 300 fleet so that we can see how competitive our virtual yachts will be versus the IRL fleet.
Both races will open for pre-race practice early, approximately a week before their respective starts.
