John,

In the years that I sailed those waters, I have never been warmly welcomed by the ORCA when I showed up with a beach cat to one of thier races. We had to fight for years to get them to let us in the Land Rover Island Series. They let us do the Anacapa race but not the other two. Finally on '06 we got to join in on the other 2. In '06 I was settng up my N20 at the boat ramp in Santabarbara the night before the Santabarbara to King Harbor Race and was verbaly assaulted by the ORCA president for even thinking about doing that race (only 80 or 90 miles, BFD). .....

Lee Wicklund/Team Chums