The Baldwin Cup Team Race was conceived in the fall of 2007 on a Tuesday afternoon conference call looking to reinvigorate the US Yacht Club Challenge. Staff Commodore Bill Palmer had recently returned from a trip back east and had witnessed the success of several east coast yacht club team racing events.
The members on the call quickly realized NHYC was in a position to take a lead among west coast yacht clubs, and produce a team racing event with a distinctly west coast vibe.
In 2008, under the dedicated leadership of event chairwomen Gale Pinckney, the Baldwin Cup Team Race accomplished what many people said could never be done. That year NHYC created a successful national level, 4 versus 4 team race, sailed in Harbor 20’s. The racing occurred in an arena-type setting, created by a vacated NHYC mooring field, which allowed the members to witness the excitement of the event happening just feet from the NHYC main dock.
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