The 2018 California Dreamin’ Series got underway with the first of its three match race events that will advance the overall winner to the 2018 Ficker Cup, held April 13-15 in Long Beach, which is a qualifier for the Grade 1 2018 Congressional Cup in Long Beach. Using J/22s in San Diego on January 27-28, Nicole Breault and her all-female match racing team edged out Charlie Welsh in a tie-breaker with Bruce Stone in third. Full results are available at http://cdn.sailingscuttlebutt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CA-Dreamin-SDYC_res.pdf. The series continues with J/22s at the second top in San Francisco on March 10-11 before sailors return to Southern California to compete in the final leg of the California Dreamin’ Series, this time going at it on Catalina 37s on April 7-8 in Long Beach.