Sports
Encinal Yacht Club: Small Boats, Big Bay
EYC hosted the 2011 North American Finn Masters Regatta in early July, three days of racing by top-level sailors in 14-foot dinghies. Watching the video is almost as good as being there.
The Finn is a heavyweight, cat-rigged dinghy a little over 14 feet long, handled by one person, a men's class at the summer Olympic Games. Top sailors converged on Alameda July 8-10 for the 2011 North American Finn Masters Regatta hosted by the .
Kim Hall of Hope Rocks captures the thrills and almost-spills in the Estuary and on the Bay in this YouTube video.
Want more? See photos and video of June's Summer Sailstice here.
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