San Juan 21 Class Association

Start with forestay length of 28 ft 4 in pin-to-pin for a generally good mast rake, adjust as needed to neutralized the helm, improve pointing etc. Once you've found the sweet spot you can go to measuring the distance from masthead (tape attached to main halyard) to transom which is easier with the ...

What a difference a year makes!! New Years Day 2018 below freezing, high wind, rain, ice and a quarter mile race. New Years Day 2019 70 degrees, sunshine, 5 to 15 knots of air and 3 excellent races. Mad Mama (Fred’s Boats name) would have enjoyed the 47th running of this event. Twelve boats hit the ...

One other thing to consider is the old brass turn buckles have a lifetime and many of our old boats are reaching it. I had a 45 year old turn buckle fail allowing the mast to fall. It happened to be the forestay turn buckle and happened just as I was putting the boat on the trailer. I had put my han...

Talk with Mark he had one on Deuces Wild

Well the last chance to practice before the NAs was a bust. The weather was rainy but with a promise of clearing. Problem is the clearing wasn't going to happen much until the wind, what very little there was coming from the east backed around to be coming from the west. It did happen but not until ...

This past weekend saw no wind on a beautiful Saturday and plenty of wind and the threat of rain on Sunday. Club races were a persuit format or reverse handicap race. The course is set and every boat is assigned a start time based on their handicap rating. We started with portsmith/PHRF several years...

Well, the side stays have been extended and tightened. The boat finally in the water on a cool and cloudy day for club races. All the parts appeared to remain in formation without any leaks. My brother and I left the dock early to check out if we remember what it was we were supposed to be doing. Ke...

The excitement is starting to build, only a couple of weeks now until I'm on the road to South Carolina. The winter was much longer than I wanted it to be and because of my work situation couldn't make it to North Carolina for New Year's with the dragon run in Oriental and the Fred Latham Regatta at...

A picture would be worth more than a thousand words here. The location as you describe it puts the hole 2-3 inches above the bottom gugeon. That sounds more like a fool had a fuel line leading from the lazarette, I'm assuming a Mark II model, to the outboard. Can't think of any other earthly reason ...

I think the best place to start is the Fleet 1 website. They have lots of pictures and articles about San Juans and there's a link right on our class website that will take you there.
Good Luck,

Cal Guthrie
Yellow Juan, Blue Juan, & Speedy Juan