Going offshore for the adventure

A characteristic of Southern California racing is a noon start because the seabreeze takes a while to generate the onshore flow. While this makes for a good sleep after the Saturday night party, overnight racing can be a lottery.

The 49th Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race knows this reality all too well, and in this report by Zafar Khan, he shares the triumphs and torture from the 2022 edition onboard his 29-footer:

“We’re in that pesky 1-knot cyclone!” I hollered as we rounded the first rocks of Anacapa Island to port with our big “pink squid” spinnaker full of 18-knot wind — which suddenly transformed into a 1-knot wind swirl…

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