Photos by Neil Farrell
Though it wasn’t much of a weekend for sailing, nevertheless nine schools — a total of 24 collegiate sailing teams — converged on Morro Bay Saturday and Sunday for the Cal Poly Mustang Regatta, a sanctioned collegiate sailing event. Schools were Cal Poly, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, UC San Diego, CSU Monterey, UC Santa Cruz, the California Maritime Academy and Westmont College. Saturday saw nearly zero wind and lots of rain, as the races were held south of the launch ramp.
Weather forecasts had been for high winds and well, nasty conditions. They had been planning to race in the open waters between the two jetties. Instead they got no wind and a strong current, getting in just two races on Saturday.
On Sunday, while still rainy and miserable, winds were brisk and topped out at a steady 18 knots and they got in four races. The course was moved to open waters off the South T-pier and made for easy viewing. The winning school was UC Santa Barbara with California Maritime Academy taking second.
The regatta was co-sponsored by the Morro Bay Yacht Club, which hosted the teams and served as the race headquarters, and the Cal Poly Sailing Team.
