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There are 4 whales in the video. 2 are obvious and 2 others are a bit harder to spot.

After a snowstorm the likes of which hadn't been seen in Southern California in nearly 40 years we had a beautiful Sunday afternoon to take in the breathtaking views of Santiago Peak and the surrounding snow covered mountains. Filmed with the DJI Mini 3 Pro.

Drone video of sunset at Top of the World in Laguna Beach. This time of year the sun sets behind Catalina Island about 30 miles across the Pacific ocean. Filmed with the DJI Mini 3 Pro.

The Raptor team heads up to Cal Yacht Club in Marina Del Ray for the Midwinter Regatta. J-109s raced in their own class of 5 boats for a total of 7 races over 2 days. Results for Raptor over the 7 races was: 3rd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 2nd. The other boat from Long Beach, Fuzzy Logic, took home the first place trophy. This is also the first race where we filmed with a Gopro Max giving us 360 degree views around the boat.

Raptor competes in race 2 of the Seal Beach Yacht Club Saturday Sailors Series. Results from the race: 1. Blue Crush J109 1:22:26 2. Shadowfax J109 1:24:42 3. Raptor J109 1:25:39 4. Code Blue Schock 35 1:25:58 5. Whiplash Schock 35 1:26:38

A trip with the dogs to Heisler Park and Fisherman's cove in Laguna Beach in early January. Songs: Sunday by Muzaproduction at Pixabay, Acoustic Motivation by Coma Media at Pixabay. Shot on the Panasonic Lumix S5

Just 5 boats on 28 December. Temperatures were in 50s - everybody layered well to stay warm. Course for the day was #11 at 6.6 NM. The wind for the day was about 15 knots at the start with a maximum of 23 knots during the reach from Mark 30 to Mark 39. The two J109s split tacks at the start, with Shadowfax going right and Raptor tacking to starboard and heading to the outer breakwall. Shadowfax crossed Raptor ahead. Both J109s used the next tack to put more tension on the jib halyard. Raptor came out the the tack with a strait jib luff and sailing better. Shadowfax came out of the tack with the jib on the deck. There is only so much tension an old jib can take. Windhaven and Macs were already around Mark 30 and heading to Mark 39 (near Shoreline.) Macs and Windhaven went to windward of a freighter on the way to Mark 39. Raptor went straight line to Mark 39 and to leeward of the freighter. Raptor was going 8.5 knots in 15-23 knots of breeze, but only slowly catching the smaller boats. After rounding Mark 39, Macs latched onto the quarter wake of Raptor and got towed 3/4s of the way to Mark 38. Raptor finally had enough and broke the tow by heading up and doing an (unintended) round up. Macs hung with Raptor and finished less than 30 seconds behind. Great day of racing in a big breeze the end of December in Southern California.

The December 28 Pursuit Race in Long Beach Harbor (rough cut). A more polished edit coming soon.

Video of the Alametos Bay Christmas Boat Parade and the Christmas party at the Navy Yacht Club.