2025 SOCAL300 - Sun Dragon

Third episode of the California Offshore Raceweek trilogy: Third and final race, the SoCAL 300, from Santa Barbara to San Diego.

Olympian Shirley Knot and 19th Century Mariner, Pirate Joe, provide expert commentary aboard Sun Dragon, as they follow the progress of the fleet. An inside view of this race, and the delivery back to San Francisco. Filled with adventure, killer clouds, wildlife encounters, and poetry.

For the first time, we feature our new AI-Camera for alternative views: look closely @15:10 for the debut of this exciting video technology.

Competitors:
Amazing Grace
Andreas
ARGO 4
Azure
Black Marlin
Blackwing
Brown Eyed Girl
City Lights
Deception
Fast Exit II
Favonius 2
Good Call
Heroic Heart
Javelin
Juno
Maasai
Merlin
Nalu V
Pied Piper
Rapid Transit
Sun Dragon
Triumph
Velos
Vitesse
Zero Gravity 51
Zimmer

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:37 Start
02:45 The Ancient Mariner: "Down drop't the breeze .."
04:13 Exodus after the islands
07:46 Dinner
08:36 Day 3
09:15 More Poetry and Dolphins
10:42 Nice wind for a change
11:34 Squall
15:15 Boat full of shrimps
15:56 Supre shifty winds
20:30 Day 4
21:56 Finish
22:20 Docking at San Diego Yacht Club
23:06 Delivery back to San Francisco
23:18 Dana Point to Palos Verdes
23:43 Palos Verdes to Marina del Rey
23:58 Marina del Rey to Santa Barbara
25:12 Santa Barbara to Moss Landing
25:48 Learning to breach
26:05 Morro Bay to Monterey
27:54 Monterey to San Francisco
28:10 Back home
28:21 Thank you race organizers