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The Log • October 10 - 23, 2014 • 31


Linda Elias


Challenge hits Long Beach, Oct. 18-19


LONG BEACH — Sailors will hit the water to compete in the annual Linda Elias Memorial Women’s One Design (LEMWOD) yacht race in Long Beach waters on Oct. 18 and 19. Hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club, the fleet racing contest is sailed by 10-women crews on Catalina 37s. Organized by the Long Beach


Women’s Association, the race is now in its 23rd year and welcomes several teams from as far as the West Coast and Washington State to San Diego. The LEMWOD was originally called


the Women’s One Design Challenge and later renamed in honor of Linda Elias, one of the original participants and one of Southern California’s most successful female sailboat racers. Elias passed away in 2004, at the age of 52, after a nine-year battle with ovarian cancer. Her friends and fellow sailors – both men and women — still speak of her skills and the presence she brought to a sailing team. A winner of the Peggy Slater


Yachtswoman of the Year award, Elias raced the Transpac in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1999. Her team won the Women’s One Design Challenge in 1992, 1994 and 1996, the last two while battling


Sailors tried to best their competitors in the annual Linda Elias Memorial Women’s One Design Regatta (LEMWOD) hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club on Oct. 18. The race was named for one of the most suc- cessful sailboat racers.


does provide some time for relaxation and fun, though. Females of all ages participate in this regatta, from teenagers who are capable sailors to seasoned veterans who have sailed the world.


The regatta begins Oct. 17 with a


ovarian cancer. “Any of us who were lucky enough to sail with Linda were awed by her skills, patience for teaching others and calm leadership (that means she never yelled!),” said a friend of Elias. The LB/WSA has a fundraising raffle and silent auction for a donation to the Long Beach Sailing Foundation Scholarship in Linda’s name. Teams returning to competition this


year are Southwestern Yacht Club, Newport Harbor Yacht Club, California Yacht Club, Women’s Sailing


Association of Santa Monica Bay and Long Beach/Los Angeles Women’s Sailing Association. New teams this year include the Channel Islands Women’s Sailing Association, the Gybe Ho’s and a team from Long Beach Yacht Club. The grueling seven-race schedule


start line practice session and open rac- ing. Racing begins on Saturday, Oct. 18, with four races. The races are followed with dinner and dancing. Sunday, Oct. 19, racing begins for three races, fol- lowed by the award ceremony. The pre- ferred course area is near the Belmont Pier where spectators can watch, but winds that day will determine exactly where the racing will take place. Information on the regatta can be found at lemwod.com.


American Legion YC boat owners wel- come visually impaired guests and their families and friends aboard the boat for a harbor cruise.


Helping others In addition to the Sails Up for Down syndrome, American Legion Yacht Club has hosted a Sail for the Visually Impaired for several years. The event typically takes place in October where


1886 The year San Diego Yacht Club was founded by a group of local boating enthusiast. The yacht club currently hosts the Snipe World Championships.


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