Draco, owned by Brian Shenstone and Bob Orr, won the 50th Cal 25 Nationals held in Annapolis, MD (Sept 3 through Sept 5). Hurricane Hermine threatened the Atlantic Coast over the Labor Day weekend and the winds ranged from heavy to light & variable with everything in between. The Draco crew of Brian Shenstone, Bob […]
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Draco Wins 50th Cal 25 Nationals
It’s Wednesday, August 31, 2016. We are on the Ohio Turnpike with Draco in tow when we receive the following text message: “I see you are racing Tropical Storm Hermine to Annapolis.” On Thursday, September 1, we arrive in Annapolis and spend the day launching, rigging and tuning Draco. Hurricane Hermine is still in Northern […]
Glass Repairs & Videos
West System Repair Videos Final-Fairing-and-Finishing Helpful videos for Do-It-Yourself’ers
Cal 25 Mast Rake & Shroud Tension
The Cal 25 mast doesn’t bend fore and aft so we only need to concentrate on mast rake and upper & lower shroud tension. Rake will affect the balance of the boat in regards to the helm. In general, more rake – more weather helm. Less rake – neutral or potential lee helm. My thinking […]
Looking for repair assistance
I recently bought a Cal25 in Louisiana. It is my first boat and I plan to use it to learn to sail, do some cruising and thought restoring it would be a fun project. I looked at your site before I purchased the boat to check against common problems and didn’t find the mast to […]
Need Help Finding “Tern Two” #237
I need help finding my Dad’s old Cal 25 #237 “Tern Two”. I have tried everything I know how to do to locate it. Any help I can get would be appreciated. I grew up sailing and racing with my Dad out of Annapolis MD in the late 60’s on the Tern Two under the […]
2015 North Channel Race
Nice showing from our fleet this past Saturday with 7 out for the final DRYA race of the season in warm and windy conditions. This Saturday is the Bayview Yacht Club North Channel Race. It is the last race of our championship counters for 2015, and more importantly is a classic and epic endeavor that […]
2015 GPYC Bluenose Regatta
The Cal 25 fleet was impressive during the BYC Distance Race: 6 boats, all finishing within 11 minutes 28 seconds of each other after almost six hours of racing. This Saturday is the GPYC Bluenose Regatta. Sailing Instructions here: http://www.drya.org/race2015/SIs/GPYCBNSIs.pdf Note: FREE tacos and FREE Dragonmead beer!!!!! And if you win….FREE Dragonmead hats! This is […]
2015 Bayview Long Distance Race
Kudos to the four boats who went out in some chilly and windy conditions this past Saturday: Second Wind, Frunobulax, Clytie, and Patriot. The DYC Sweepstakes turned out to be another windward/leeward race day in which just one race got run….noting that the entire season yielded us only 5 windward/leeward races as we had one […]
2015 Nationals — Felix Basadre
Congratulations to One Time! They won the 2015 Cal25 Nationals in convincing fashion. Six out of seven bullets, what else can you say, very impressive. However, they did have to earn it. The competition was solid and everyone came to race. We had two very different days, Saturday was a typical Long Beach sea breeze […]
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