Seventy-eight boats sailed by more than 400 competitive racers invaded California Yacht Club this past weekend for Cal Race Week–the Santa Monica Bay’s largest and most challenging buoy racing regatta. To meet the logistics challenges, Regatta Chair Paula Cameron assembled and choreographed a team of 63 volunteers to make sure all went smoothly, both on the water and off. The virtually sunless Santa Monica Bay presented challenges beyond Cameron’s control as it served up light winds with seemingly random voids in the wind patterns on Saturday–conditions which repeatedly shuffled the fleet standings. A more solid southwesterly wind returned to MdR for the final two windward/leeward races on Sunday. The four-boat J/24 fleet completed five races, with Deke Klatt’s Jaded riding all firsts and seconds to victory with 7 points. Thomas Tunberg’s Bullet placed second with 12 points and James Baurley’s Critter in third with 14. Complete event details may be found by clicking here.