San Diego Spring Dinghy Regatta and West Coast Championships Trophy — 2026
I am writing this page after recovering from a long trip and gas prices with two boats from Seattle to San Diego.
The first thing to mention is to congratulate the two i14 sailors who received the call to go to Sydney Harbor and race the 18-footer World Championships! Good on “ya” Polish and Daniel “AKA” Sid Vicious Roberts representing the USA!
The heat wave in San Diego created mostly light wind. It was a 3-day regatta. After the first day three teams were tied for first; Kris Henderson, Matt Megla and Channing Hamlet.
Saturday racing brought out more sailors and the wind picked up to 6-10 knots. We had two short races and the famous long-distance race, parading up and down the San Diego Harbor. Terry Gleeson owned the day. Jack Lugliana came down from San Francisco to sail his first i14 regatta. We came in second and Matt Megla and crew came in third.
It was close racing with tight points together for the Sunday racing. Matt on top with 9 points, Hendo 10 points and Terry with 11, Cameron Puckey and Channing Hamlet finished some seconds and thirds.
Everyone sailed well and with close racing. Sunday the wind was light. Hendo led the first race till the final run. Jousting with Terry allowed Michael Lazarro to concentrate on sailing and he took the race, good sailing. The last two races the wind filled in and Terry took that advantage and got two bullets to win the regatta.
Brad Ruetenik had other obligations so no sailing but instead took out his power boat to take some amazing photos and videos of every boat. This was a tremendous help to everyone, and thanks to coach Brad everyone was sailing better on Sunday. Thank you to the race committee at Coronado Yacht Club for running a great regatta and setting perfect courses.
Terry Gleeson/16 Points
Kris Henderson/20 Points
Michael Lazarro with a 1,2,3 on the last day finished 3rd with 24 points
Channing Hamlet/26 Points
Matt Melga/28 Points
Cameron Puckey/29 Points
Close racing, good fun! See you at the next one!
Cheers
Kris Henderson