USACA

US A-Class President Bob Hodges checks in after four days of A-Cat racing in the Florida Keys last week. You can see video and some hot pics of the first two days of racing at Sailing Anarchy’s On the Water Anarchy Forum.

Despite record cold weather, twenty-eight A-Class sailors from around the country descended upon The Islander Resort in Islamorada, Florida for the 10th annual Coconut Grove Sails and Canvas Winter Race Week held last week as reported by Sailing Anarchy.

After a successful 2009 winter circuit we are sure to be in for more great sailing this winter. New people to the class, new boats hitting the water and even more northerners planning to beat the chill (it was rumored to be 38deg and snow for the last race on Lake Hopatcong last week) this year is shaping up to better than ever.

This year the schedule is almost identical to last year. The main change is removing one regatta from last year’s schedule and ending the circuit after the 4^th main event in March. The dropping of this one event in April is in preference of supporting an A-cat event in the district 4 schedule (I believe it to be in Ft Walton sometime in May)