Soling 50 – San Diego Argonauts

🚩Fleet Captains Step Up to Support Weekend Racing

In line with our recent Board and Member meeting discussions, our Commodore Jess Atkinson has encouraged members to step up into a new volunteer role—Fleet Captains—for each of our four sailboat classes.

Here are the Fleet Captains by class:

IOM: Dennis Rogers
DF95: Jack Calafato
ODOM: Keith Sternal
Soling 50: Ben Reeves

These Fleet Captains will help coordinate the setup and breakdown of the regatta course during point series weekends, aligned with the order of racing. The first fleet of the day will take the lead on setting the course and getting the skiff out on the water, while the final fleet will handle course breakdown and help clean and secure the skiff.

In addition, Fleet Captains are responsible for coordinating help and arranging backups or replacements as needed—making sure each weekend runs smoothly even if schedules shift.

This new system kicks off on May 9th with the ODOM & Soling race day.

This is a simple but important step toward keeping our race days organized and efficient—and a great example of the Argonauts community pitching in to support one another.

Thank you to everyone who stepped up!

Points: Soling 50’s & ODOM’s (April 18th, 2026)

Points: ODOM’s & Soling 50’s (Mar 14th, 2026)

Points: Soling 50’s & ODOM’s (Feb 14th, 2026)

Sunny skies, cool temperatures and southwesterly winds were the order of the day. Vice Commodore of Sail Chris Davidson RD’d both the Solings and the Odoms. The soling were first with surprisingly heavy winds (but with major shifts and holes at the windward end). Results follow:

Winds dropped and moved back to the south by the time the Odoms had their turn:

Once again, excellent videos courtesy of Steve Ross and Pat Nevitt:

Points Day Results – ODOM’s & Soling 50’s (Jan 10th, 2026)

Perfect San Diego conditions for our first day of Points racing in 2026! Despite the Santa Ana winds that were forecast, we had sunny, 70 degree weather with light to moderate westerly winds.

RD Chris Davidson chose medium courses for the Odom Class which started off the days racing. Chris added a wrinkle to the Rules: The windward and leeward marks were ‘Cold’ (you could touch them, as long as you got around them on the correct side). This resulted in friendlier racing with not a single protest or complaint.

Commodore Emeritus Tom Warren started 2026 with 4 consecutive bullets including a perfectly executed Port Start. Well done, Tom!

The Solings were up next as the breezes became lighter and a bit more shifty. Chris Davidson selected a combination of medium and short courses.

Thanks to Vice Commodore Chris Davidson for setting up the course and running both Classes; and Secretary Gil Jansky for helping with the take-down.

Here are some excellent videos with commentary courtesy of Steve Ross!

Points Day Results – Soling 50’s & ODOM’s (Dec 13th, 2025)

What a day, what a day!

Whilst there was wind today, the pond certainly did deliver some testing conditions.

Thank you to Gil, Jess and Chris Staiger for undertaking RD duties for the two classes and a big thanks to all competitors and of course the ‘Peanut Gallery’ for seeing out the season’s racing for these two classes.

Results for the Soling 50’s;- (Videos below, thanks to Steve Ross!)