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The Sailors Win! Newport to Ensenada and Border Run Organizers Announce 2011 Agreement
Press Release, 6/14/10 – NOSA (Newport Ocean Sailing Association), organizers of the long-standing Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race, and XS Racing, founders of the Border Run International Sailing Event to San Diego, are happy to announce they have reached an agreement for the 2011 events that will allow sailors to participate in both events and eliminate several sources of local controversy within the Southern California sailing community.
“I'm glad we all found a way to work together. We look forward to working with NOSA and ORCA to help grow both races and the overall participation of sailboat racing in Southern California again.” said Randy Reynolds, designer/builder of the R33 catamaran and co-founder of XS Racing and The Border Run.
Along with the help of South Shore Yacht Club (the Organizing Authority of The Border Run) and ORCA (the Ocean Racing Catamaran Association), all four parties have helped to create a set of guidelines they feel will serve the greater good for the local sailors.
“South Shore Yacht Club is glad to have been a part of bringing the three parties together (NOSA, ORCA, and XS) to help unify the local sailing community. We look forward in helping promote both these great events in 2011” said Steve Ellsworth Junior Staff Commodore of SSYC.
The multihull organization, ORCA, was instrumental in moving the process forward by creating a new ‘Extreme’ class to once again include the Reynolds 33 catamaran to sail in the 2011 Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race. With this new agreement the two multihull fleets will be unified to race in one fleet under two rating systems.
“The ORCA fleet looks forward to racing with the XS Racing fleet under the two rating systems. This new agreement will get more multihulls to the same starting line. I personally look forward to racing in both the Newport to Ensenada Race and Border Run next year!” said Bill Gibbs, ORCA president and owner/skipper of the 52 foot Bladerunner catamaran, Afterburner.
Newport to Ensenada Race organizers will award trophies for two multihull classes next year, similar to how they recognize IRC or ORR boats that race within the PHRF class. West coast multihull sailors can now join both XS and ORCA to get two ratings and be scored under both systems, creating a larger fleet of racers. NOSA was very active in making this happen.
“We are pleased we were able to work with ORCA and XS Racing to reach common ground on the issue of eligibility of the R33 catamaran to race in the Newport to Ensenada Race and look forward to seeing a large fleet of multihulls hitting the starting lines in 2011.” said Jim Jackman, Vice Commodore of NOSA.
As a result of the new agreement and to allow sailors to participate in both events, South Shore Yacht Club and XS Racing have set the start of the 2011 Border Run International Sailing event on Saturday, April 9, 2011, the weekend before the Newport to Ensenada start. This will avoid an overlap with the 2011 Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race, which will start on Friday, April 15th, 2011.
Said Bob Long co-founder of XS Racing and The Border Run, “Dennis Conner was quoted in saying that he wished that the two races were on separate weekends…”I want to race in both races.” With this new agreement in place, sailors will now benefit from all the hard effort of all involved and that we will see more sailors like Dennis Conner race in both events. April 2011 will be a great month for those who love the adventure, challenge and fun of coastal racing and sailing.”
For more information on the Newport to Ensenada race go to www.nosa.org. For more information on the Border Run go to www. TheBorderRun.org.
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