
Three sailors with San Diego roots showed their homegrown skills are just as competitive on the East Coast by bringing home two first-place awards in one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious yachting regattas over the Labor Day holiday weekend. Jeff Wilson and Steve Caccam, members of Mission Bay High School’s class of 1983, and Brandon Blaylock, a 1975 alumnus of Mission Bay High, were on two winning boats in Stamford, Conn. Yacht Club’s 77th annual Vineyard Race from Sept. 2-4. Wilson, 46, of Fairfield, Conn., skippered his 42-foot Sabre “Tacktile,” to first place in PHRF 6 with a time of 34 hours, 16 minutes, 21 seconds. He finished fourth overall in the fleet of 66 entries. Wilson is a member of Pequot Yacht Club in Southport, Conn. Caccam, 45, of Darien, Conn., was a sail trimmer aboard “Tacktile.” Blaylock, 54, of New Canaan, Conn., crewed aboard “Rhiannon III,” a 35-foot J109 out of Stamford Yacht Club. “Rhiannon III” took first place in PHRF 8 with a time of 36 hours, 23 minutes, 1 second and finished in 15th place overall out of 66 entries in the fleet. Wilson has been an avid sailor all his life and grew up racing Hobie cats on Mission Bay. He has sailed and raced a wide variety of dinghies and big boats. He said he enjoys fleet, match and distance racing and competes in all types of regattas around the country. Caccam is a relative latecomer to the sport, only sailing Lasers at Mission Bay Aquatic Center while a student at UC San Diego. It wasn’t until he was introduced to big boats nine years ago that he caught the racing bug. Blaylock began sailing in San Diego as a young child, crewing on boats owned by family friends. He expanded his sailing background while at the University of Southern California and after graduation as a member of Marina Sailing in Marina del Rey. For complete race results, visit www.yachtscoring.com. — Contributed by the Stamford Yacht Club








