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