Class Members & Friends — We had another festive and entertaining Detroit Cal-25 Winter/Season Awards Party two weeks ago. There was plenty of good food and drink for all to enjoy. Thanks to all those that brought a dish to share and for swapping sailing stories & tall tales throughout the night. The annual Hummers […]
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Patriot wins the 2018 Detroit Cal 25 Season Championship
Patriot and her crew win the Detroit Cal 25 Season Championship for a fifth year in a row by winning the DRYA Spring & Overall Series, first in the Cal 25 Short Course Series and taking third in the Cal 25 Long Distance Series. Patriot Owners John & Tracy McAllister Crew Andy McAllister, Minh Ha […]
Taking your Cal-25 mast down
This posting is the result of a couple emails exchanged with a new sailor to the Cal-25 and about taking down the mast. There might be better ways or slight improvements to this one posted but this is how I do it. Please leave your comments at the bottom of this post for improving this method… Before […]
2018 Cal-25 National Championship
Chesapeake Bay, Sep 1 – 3 The 2018 National Championship was held in Annapolis Maryland over Labor Day weekend. Charlie Husar did a great job organizing the event and communicating all the necessary details. There were no less than ten maps provided to the Detroit boats for places, marinas and places of interest. A huge […]
2018 GPYC Jun-30 Recap
The GPYC Summer regatta had been cancelled/abandoned for the past three years due to inclement weather. This year’s event turned out much better and afforded the teams great sailing conditions albeit hot weather. Once again, the Cal-25 fleet had only two boats show up to compete. As a result, the two Cal-25s were put into […]
2018 DBC Jun-23 Recap
DRYA changed this year’s DBC regatta format from the point-to-point to a windward leeward course in an attempt to increase participation. There was hope that we would see more Cal-25s on the starting line this week too – unfortunately this was not the case. As it turned out we had another light air regatta and […]
Never Alone Regains Top Spot at 2018 BOD
US758 Never Alone captured first place this year after last winning the regatta in 2016. The winning crew consisted of owners Paul and Ross Nuechterlein joined by Ron Sherry, Ken Swetka and Roy Lamphier. This group sailed an outstanding series winning two of four races. No other boat was able to take a first in […]
2018 CSYC-C Course Jun-16 Recap
The initial weather forecast called for 10 mph breeze which would have presented the fleet with ideal racing conditions. As it turned out the two windward-leeward races started with light winds diminishing to very little wind. We had four Cal-25s coming out and competing in rather interesting/difficult conditions. In fact, most boats after rounding the […]
Ralph Deeds – Celebration of Life
Longtime member Ralph Deeds age 82 passed away March 1, 2018 after a brief illness. He was a graduate of Cornell and the Harvard Business School and had a distinguished 34 year career at General Motors. Ralph joined CSYC in 1972 and was an active member of the Cal 20 Fleet. In 1986, a new […]
2018 DYC May-26 Recap
It was a nice day of racing until the wind turned off. We had a good turnout with six Cal-25s charging the starting line. The DYC PP course was the usual triangle with the start at the GPYC and the finish located in front of the DYC river dock. All our Cals got off to […]
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