8. Sunset Strip. When we kept winning on Czarina, I was pirated to join Sunset Strip. The owner was Louie Vera a character fellow who owns buildings in Makati and Ortigas (Vernida's) and radio station Mellow Touch. I could not refuse the offer since he said they were preparing for the China Sea Race, the holy grail of sailing in our club, the ultimate target experience in our circle.
The boat was state of the art then, by Castro a famous racing naval architect ,and a one tonner fractional rig boat with running backstays. We won a very respectable third prize in the China Sea Race only after the hot shot racers from Britain and US, who have experiences in world yachting circuits like Admiral's Cup, Fastnet Race, Sydney to Hobart Race, etc.
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