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The racing dates are Saturday Sept 1, Sunday Sept 2, and Monday Sept 3. This regatta is open to any Cal-25 skipper who is a member of his/her local Fleet, and sails in compliance with the requirements of the Cal-25 National Rules, version 3.4.1. The Cal-25 National Championship will be a combination of the Annapolis […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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) […]

2017 Season Flags-Awards

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]