The 19th edition of Long Beach Race Week concluded on Sunday, June 23 with a full complement of races sailed in 11 divisions, including six one-design classes and five PHRF fleets. Throughout the three solid days of racing conditions, the breeze rarely dropped below 14 knots and settled in the 16-18 knot range for the most part, blue skies prevailed, and temperatures were in the 80s. Winning the J/111 fleet was John Staff’s OBSIDIAN team (Bruce Cooper, Paul Chyz, Brendan Watson, Michelle Shanks, Alex Demmler) from California Yacht Club. They were closely followed in second place by John Spadaro’s MADMEN from Hawaii Yacht Club, and third position went to Dan McGanty’s J-BOSS for California YC. For more Long Beach Race Week information, visit http://www.lbrw.org/.