After a year’s absence due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Spinnaker Cup and California Offshore Race Week are set to return to MPYC. The prestigious multi-leg offshore regatta is will start with the Spinnaker Cup May 29-30.  The Cup is the first leg of the competition hosted jointly by Encinal YC, Monterey Peninsula YC, Santa Barbara YC and San Diego YC.

The Spinnaker Cup course runs from San Francisco Bay to Monterey. Sailors then tackle leg 2 from MPYC to Santa Barbara Yacht Club in the Coastal Cup. The final test is the final leg from Santa Barbara to San Diego in the SoCal 300.  Scores from all three legs are combined to determine the overall CA500 winner of the week-long event.

MPYC’s own Dave MacEwen and his Lucky Duck team claimed top honors in the event in 2018 on the familiar blue Santa Cruz 52.  Lucky Duck took top honors in the Spinnaker Cup, second in the Coastal Cup and 3rd in the SoCall 300.  Lucky Duck won both its division and in points overall, marking the skipper’s best performance in four California Offshore Race Week appearances.

MPYC Vice Commodore Scott Brubaker is the MPYC organizer for the event and is excited the big boats are returning after a year off.  “We were worried the Spinnaker Cup might be delayed again because of Covid restrictions from the state,” he said.  “But case numbers are dropping, new precautions are in place, and we’re looking forward to a great event.”

Learn more about Spinnaker Cup and CORW here.