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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2018 GLYC May-19 Recap
The first DRYA race of the 2018 season is now in the history book. What started off looking like it was going to be a cold wet day actually turned out to be a great day for racing. Five eager Cal-25 crews showed up to the starting line for the first contest, FRUNOBULAX, Never Alone, […]
2018 Cal-25 Proposed Rule Changes
The Detroit Cal-25 Executive Committee met Mar-13, 2018. A significant amount of time was allocated to examining and determining whether the existing National Rules and the Detroit by-laws should be updated. Consideration was given by committee members to comments heard and collected over the past couple seasons. The two attachments under Proposed 2018 changes are […]
Patriot wins the 2017 Detroit Cal 25 Season Championship
Patriot and her crew win the Detroit Cal 25 Season Championship for the fourth year in a row by winning the Spring, Summer & Overall DRYA Series, first in the Cal 25 Short Course series and second in the Cal 25 Long Distance series. Patriot Owners John & Tracy McAllister Crew (several throughout the season) […]
Restoration of hull #1 – Art & Scott Melendres (Part 2 of 3)
Restoration of hull #1 – Art & Scott Melendres (Part 2 of 3) Many of you know that we have found Hull #1 here in Long Beach and are in the process of restoring it. Upon first setting eyes on it the boat didn’t look to be too bad. However, as most of us know, […]
Smooth as a baby’s bottom
Smooth as a baby’s bottom? A smooth underwater finish will reduce drag, increase speed and improve fuel consumption. Is the bottom of your boat smooth enough? If you get a group of 5 boaters to sit around the table with a jug of beer to decide on how smooth the underwater part of their boat […]
2017 Detroit Season Flags-Awards
2017 Season Flags-Awards
2017 Detroit Cal 25 National Championship
Lake St Clair, Aug 10 – 13 This year’s hugely successful Cal 25 National Championship was cohosted by Bayview and Crescent Sail Yacht Clubs. As part of the registration, each owner received customized caps for the crew featuring their boat’s name and sail number, 5 dinner tickets and 5 raffle tickets. Moreover, owners and crew […]
2017 Cal 25 National Championship
The following recap is provided by Art Melendres “US17850 One Time” The Cal 25 saw its first vessel launched in 1964. Subsequent to that they built and launched a couple thousand of them. One would think that a boat so “long in the tooth” would be old, tired and pretty much out of favor in […]
US632 Target Practice wins third BOD in four years
The conditions for the Bayview One Design regatta truly tested the Detroit Cal 25 sailors sailing capabilities and talent. The first two days provided light and variable winds with a couple shifts that guaranteed the scoring would be jumbled. The final day brought high winds that assured the boats with good boat handling skills topped […]
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