Sharon Green, Ultimate Sailing has limited spots available for custom photography packages for all 3 races of the SoCal 300. Capture your adventure and showcase your boat from a variety of perspectives. Contact sail@ultimatesailing.com, 805-452-8853 for more details.

The 2021 CA Offshore Race Week kicks off on Saturday, May 29 with the 88 mile Spinnaker Cup, from San Francisco Bay to just off the pier in Monterey. 36 boats are entered in 6 PHRF classes ranging in size from the Botin 65 Artemis to the Antrim 27C ‘io. The series continues with the Coastal Cup from Monterey to Santa Barbara, a 204 miles course. This year’s Coastal Cup boasts a recent record of 24 entries in 4 ORR and one ORR-EZ classes. The final race in the series is the SoCal 300 from Santa Barbara to San Diego. The leg scoring used in previous editions of the SoCal 300 is gone, and the race will be scored as a standard start to finish single race this year. A great turn out of 37 boats in 4 strong ORR classes, 1 ORR-EZ class, and Chim Chim sailing in the multihull class.

The Offshore Race Week series started in 2016, and now it has a new perpetual trophy, donated by Denise Kramer of Sailboat Artwork. Denise has donated a custom painting of a Cal 40, Santa Cruz 50 and J/125, some of the staples of this coastal race series. Past winners honored on the trophy are Santa Cruz 50 Horizon, Santa Cruz 70 Catapult, Santa Cruz 52 Lucky Duck, and J/125 Velvet Hammer. The beautiful trophy will be on display at San Diego Yacht Club where the annual CORW series trophies are awarded after the SoCal 300. Denise was part of the Velvet Hammer crew that won the series in 2019. @sailboatartwork

San Diego Yacht Club and Santa Barbara Yacht Club are proud to co-host their signature offshore race of the summer, the SoCal 300, the Southern California leg of the California Offshore Race Week. The California Offshore Race Week has been a premier offshore California regatta series since 2015 and is made up of three different races:

• Spinnaker Cup (San Francisco to Monterey): May 29-30
• Coastal Cup (Monterey to Santa Barbara): May 31 - June 1
• SoCal 300 (Santa Barbara to San Diego): June 3-5

The 2021 California Offshore Race Week will be the 5th edition of this great series that combines these three offshore sailing events.

NOR Amendment #1 is to clarify the status of required Safety at Sea certifications per NOR Addendum 1, 4.3.2

The California Offshore Race Week Organizers - San Diego Yacht Club, Santa Barbara Yacht Club, Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club & Encinal Yacht Club have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 California Offshore Race Week due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As representatives of our Yacht Clubs, we believe in the practice of safety as a way of life offshore. Our position has always been that we can only conduct the race if conditions for competitors and local populations made it safe to do so. After continuing to seek guidance from numerous government and medical advisors, it has become evident there is no longer a timeline allowing our sailors and supporters to prepare for and participate in this offshore race safely.