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A spinnaker drop can be tricky.
Even for an experienced crew on this Santa Cruz 52 called Elixer, the dropping of the spinnaker sail can a dangerous, often times the huge nylon sail will drop under the boat and get caught up in the keel and rudder. Despite how out of control this make look, the crew pulled it in, made the turn into the harbor and claimed fired the finishing gun as the first to finish.
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close action on the Wednesday Night Beer Can races off the S
hot racing yachts including Santa Cruz 70's, TP 52's, custom 77's, Mumms... this is a hot bed of racing action even on the laid back Wednesday night races.
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Santa Cruz Harbor
For the first time since 1973, Santa Cruz Harbor has boat slips available. The cancellation of the commercial and recreational salmon season has caused many fishermen to abandon their boats, slips, and this beautiful harbor, creating a great opportunity for new recreational boaters to finally get a slip.
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rich and ruth carlson (aka Axel Olson) has been a member since 25 November 2007 and goes by talkintravel.
Currently in santa cruz.
We are a travel writing team, photographer, and co-hosts of Talkintravel TV, a half hour long TV show on our travels around the world. You can check it out at www.talkintravel.tv. But mainly we are in search of the next person, place, or thing we've yet to experience.
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