The McIntyre Regatta is held by Stanford and attracts teams from all over the country.

Sequoia has hosted the dinner for 15 years and this year was no exception. We had a tremendous turn out and it was marvellous to see so many young sailors enjoying our club. It was a privilege to join the Stanford Sailing Head Coach John Vandemoer and congratulate the teams for a great day on the water in this two day event. The view from the Redwood shores was spectular as eight teams competed.

Larry and Robin Mayne, Steve and Laurie Holmstrom, Stacy and John Zolck,  David Payne, Kate and Dan Humphreys, Shannon Amerman and Tod Klinger did a great job with the food and the bar (for the adults who were watching their sons and daughters! ). We served well over a 100 with Jambalaya - a great hit

The McIntyre Regatta is the West Coasts premier collegiate team racing event drawing top teams from all along the the Pacific Coast.

It is named after Jeremy McIntyre past team captain and ICSA All-American skipper. Sadly McIntyre died in a skiing accident in 1998 but his memory lives on with this great event.

The team racing pits three boats from one team against three boats from another team who use boatspeed, boathandling and tactics to ensure their team gets across the line not only in speed but by using tactics to prevent the others from doing so - the team with the lowest finishing score wins.

Just another fine example of how Sequoia is so active in junior sailing. Our support for all types of events is building our brand in such a big way. Great job everyone!

Peter - your Commodore

We look forward to seeing everyone at this fridays's General Meeting and DID. Cocktails at 1800, dinner at 1830 and general meeting at 1930. Mexican Celebration

Beef Fajitas
Chicken Fajitas
Homemade Tamales green chili and Cheese
Rice
Beans
(None of the above made with animal oil or soy)

Slaw Salad And...all the fixins:
sour cream
guacamole
homemade salsa
onions
cilantro
tomato
flour tortillas and corn
All for $14.50 per person

The Sequoia Yacht Club Redwood Cup Series concluded on Sunday March 3. The Redwood Cup is a 5-race series in pursuit format. Two races were run to make up for an abandoned race earlier in the season. Two short courses were called and 7 boats made the line.

The first race was out the Redwood Creek channel, around club mark "Y" in the South Bay, and back to the channel entrance for the finish. Light and shifty winds kept everyone on their toes and not surprisingly the lightest boat in the fleet, Magic, sprinted ahead. The early lead, however, wasn’t guaranteed and the heaviest boat, Sweet Grapes, prevailed. She never had to tack all the way out the channel, pointing higher than all the other boats, her huge Genoa trimmed and filled. Finishing honors go to Sweet Grapes (Alan Orr/Mark Green, Ericson 36) for first place, and then Dare Dare (Nico Popp, Jeanneau Sun Fast 3200) second, followed by Magic (Mike Reed, Express 27) third.

The second race was sailed in a building breeze. The start was against a building flood and all the boats immediately headed into the shallows for relief. The angle after the top mark proved too hot for spinnakers so everyone reached back down trying to surf the building wind waves. Halfway back kites started going up only to see the fleet sail into a huge header. The boats flying their spinnakers, however, were able to stretch out a substantial lead, so after quickly responding to the change in wind conditions the race turned into a parade back to the finish line back in the Port of Redwood City turning basin. Honors go to Dare Dare (Nico Popp, Jeanneau Sun Fast 3200) for first place, and then Melilani (Richard Butts, J/105), followed by Magic (Mike Reed, Express 27) third.

The overall series results were a first for Magic (Mike Reed, Express 27), then Relentless (Tracy Rogers, J/92) and Melilani (Richard Butts, J/105).

John Ryan
Redwood Cup Captain

The Winter Series comes to a conclusion Saturday, March 16th with race #5. This race doubles as the annual St. Patrick’s Day Race and is run as both an individual race as well as the final Winter Series race. The St. Patrick's Day Race is one of the highlights of the Sequoia racing season, and a bottle of Irish whiskey is up for grabs to the winner of the race in both the spinnaker and non-spinnaker divisions.

The Winter Series races start at 13:00 and the Skippers Meeting will be held at 11:00 on the day of the race. For those boats coming down from CPYC, you can call me at 650-576-3990 after 11:15 for race instructions and then check-in at the start area. Plan on racing rain or shine.

So come up to the club for the final results to be calculated and announced. You may even find yourself enjoying a wee drop of the craythur while toasting the winners and all those participating in the Winter Races.

The evening of the race the Club will be having our annual St. Patrick's Day party so you might want to sign-up and make a full day of it.

Hope to see you there.

Richard Butts
SeqYC Large Sailboat Fleet Captain
http://www.sequoiayc.org/racing

The annual Sequoia Yacht Club St. Patrick's Day Party will follow the conclusion of the St. Patrick's Day Race and end of the Winter Series.

Al Montoya will be preparing a traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner. Also featured is music and Murphy's Irish Dancers. This event is an annual highlight of the Sequoia social calendar. Cocktails 5:30 pm, dinner 6:30 pm. Murphy's Irish Dancers 7:30 pm $15 for adults, $7.00 children under 12, sign up sheet at the club.

The tall ships are in port and the crews are invited to join us, so come down to the club, meet the crews and enjoy a great evening.

Theresa Howard
Social Chair

Our next cruise out will be to Ballena Bay Yacht Club on March 30th and 31st. The Ballena Bay Yacht Club has graciously invited us to their club for dinner on Saturday evening, preceded with a cocktail party in their beautiful bar. Your hosts Nick and Robin Weber have fun planned for the weekend including an Easter egg hunt with really cool prizes inside each egg.

More information will be forthcoming.

Want to look sharp in SYC Logo wear?

Here are upcoming events where you might want to show that extra bit of pride in your club:

Beer Can races starting Apr 10th
South Bay Opening Day May 17, 18 & 19
New Summer race season...

Need an extra polo shirt or hat for those nice sunny days? Or a nice warm fleece jacket for those cool evenings? We have some inventory on hand. If that doesn't fit, we are happy take custom orders.

Contact your friendly Haberdasher,
Linda Ryan
lindaryan2@mac.com

The Bay Lights were officially unveiled on March 5th and is the world’s largest LED light sculpture, 1.8 miles wide and 500 feet high. Inspired by the Bay Bridge’s 75th Anniversary, its 25,000 white LED lights are individually programmed by artist Leo Villareal to create a never-repeating, dazzling display across the Bay Bridge West Span through 2015.

The Bay Lights is a monumental tour de force eight times the scale of the Eiffel Tower’s 100th Anniversary lighting. Shining from dusk until 2:00 a.m. for two years, it will impact over 50 million people in the Bay Area, with billions more seeing it in the media and online. By conservative estimates, $97 million dollars will be added to the local economy.

There are many sites besides boats to view the lights shown on the map at http://thebaylights.org/view .

The 100th annual conference of the Association of Pacific Ports will be held August 4-7 at the Sofitel. This might be an opportunity to invite attendees to visit the club. We certainly visit their ports. This is a very big deal for the Port of Redwood City and an opportunity to return some of the support they’ve shown us in the past.

The Bair Island Task Force is looking at the possibility of placing a flow constrictor across Corkscrew Slough as a conservation move. Unless I’m misunderstanding how this will work, I think this would be the end of the Corkscrew Race.

Byron Jacobs
Port Liaison