The Boatshed San Diego Team was out in full force this weekend at the San Diego Yacht Club's 76th Kettenburg Pacific Class National Championship off the coast of San Diego. JD Morris, Boatshed San Diego partner, had the privilege of serving on the Race Committee with a team of exceptional sailors.

The Pacific Class racing yacht, known as the PC, was the first successful wooden sailboat built for Southern California waters. Developed by the Kettenburg Boatworks in the 1920s, PCs were produced until the early 1950s.

Over the decades, these boats were enormously successful, winning many regattas and introducing many young sailors to the water and to the art and science of sailing.

While the largest of the fleets is in San Diego, there are smaller groups in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles and Washington State.

Of the 84 hull numbers assigned, all but 19 of these lovely vessels have been identified as never built, lost, destroyed, on the hard or still sailing!! Many have been totally restored to live another 77 years! Hull #8 *WINGS*, believed to be the oldest hull in existence, is now on display at the San Diego Maritime Museum.

The San Diego PC Fleet resides at the San Diego Yacht Club — home to multiple fleets, many of which race regularly. There are fleets of Lehman 12s, PCs, Stars, Etchells, and an adult Sabot fleet. There is also a model yacht fleet which races CR914s. Most of the larger boats race outside of San Diego Bay. The San Diego Yacht Club also features prominent member Dennis Conner, skipper in the America's Cup.

For more information, check out the PC FLeets Website