Author Archive | John McAllister

The 2025 Cal 25 National Championship was hosted by BYC this year in the Detroit area. The event, that has been so special and respected by Cal 25 sailors, was well organized by Commodore Keith Ziegler and his wife Dana. The first National Championship was held in California in 1965. Over the years there have […]

This year a Cal-25 team was picked to represent Detroit in the Helly Hanson/Sailing World Caribbean Challenge raced in the British Virgin Islands. Team Never Alone accepted the challenge to race against the winners of the regattas from Marblehead, Annapolis, St Petersburg, Chicago, and Team Quantum from San Diego. Our homes for the week and […]

Once again I had the distinct honor of representing Long Beach Yacht Club at the Cal 25 Nationals held in Detroit on September 5th thru 7th. In past years I was able to tow our boat “One More Time” to the venue locations but alas this year circumstances negated that possibility. Hence, we borrowed a […]

The North Channel Race: A Cal 25 Perspective 2025 North Channel Race aboard Whitefang. An overly long tale so please pardon my enthusiasm. The North Channel Race is a long running classic on Lake St. Clair. Something over 75 years running and still going strong. A race up the lake, around Harsens Island and back […]

Link to the event:   https://byc.com/regatta/oUKCTC5pen    

Remind me to never again finish second in a regatta (2nd place finisher is responsible for Regatta writeups).  I’m just no good at writing such an article.  This I do remember from a perspective aboard Whitefang.    Conditions were 5-8 knots wind with the usual Lake St. Clair powerboat chop.  Upwind: keep some heal, the […]

Crescent Sail Yacht Club hosted the first annual Crescent One Design Regatta this summer and showed that small boat one design racing is strong in Detroit. Ten fleets represented both keel and centerboard boats. The PROs Champ Glover and Matt Bounds set the courses for great racing. The Cal 25s ended up with a great […]

The Cal 25 National Championship Regatta has been struggling of late partially due to the Covid Pandemic and the demise of the Long Beach Fleet.  The responsibility of putting it on has fallen to the remaining fleets in Detroit and Annapolis.  Changing it off every year has put a burden on them that has proven […]

Annapolis MD   Sep 27 – 29 This year’s Cal-25 National Championship was hosted by the Annapolis Fleet and the National Trophy was dedicated to Charlier Husar, a long time Annapolis fleet supporter and promoter. Lisa Finney and the many volunteers that assisted her organized an outstanding event featuring great racing and fun social events. This […]