We are very pleased to announce the renewal of our cooperation with Quantum Sails for this year’s event.

Through this continued partnership, Quantum Sails, together with SailFlow, will once again support the competitors by providing high‑quality weather briefings and forecasting tools throughout the regatta. Accurate and accessible weather information is a key element of safe and competitive offshore sailing, and this collaboration helps ensure that sailors are well prepared for the conditions they will face on the racecourse.

SailFlow’s weather data and visual forecasting tools, combined with Quantum’s deep understanding of performance sailing, create a valuable resource for teams as they plan strategy and make critical decisions before and during racing.

In addition to their on‑the‑water support, we are also delighted that Quantum Sails will contribute to the Farewell Party, helping us bring the event to a memorable close. The Farewell Party is an important opportunity to bring sailors, organizers, volunteers, and partners together to celebrate the week and reflect on the racing.

We would like to thank Quantum Sails and SailFlow for their continued commitment to the event and for their support of the sailing community. We greatly value this partnership and look forward to another successful collaboration.

With a crew of either, the Santa Cruz 50 Horizon was competing in the 2021 Coastal Cup between Monterey and Santa Barbara. The race started on May 31, 2021. Before departure, the crew participated in their usual pre-underway discussion of duties in the event of an emergency.

During the 204-mile race, Horizon lost a large lead over competitors with Oaxaca extending a ten-mile lead. Late in the afternoon, Horizon gybed towards the beach while Oaxaca headed out to sea. As the two boats converged on Point Conception, it appeared Horizon had taken the lead while holding a speed advantage. The call was made to gybe back into the breeze to maintain the advantage.

The 2021 California Offshore Race Week was the first opportunity for many teams to stretch their legs in over a year and sail in one or more distance races down the California Coast. A variety of conditions were seen throughout the week, starting with great breeze sending boats under the Golden Gate bridge towards Monterey, to still waters during the Coastal Cup and SoCal 300 that caused several teams to retire, or fight through the light conditions to an extended version of the race.

Check out the gallery of photos courtesy of Sharon Green and Ultimate Sailing from the SoCal 300 start line in Santa Barbara, and the aerial photos as the fleet passed through the Channel Islands.

ULTIMATE SAILING SOCAL 300 GALLERY

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.