PK Edwards is 82 going on 50. Or so it would seem. The ageless sailor has done it again. And again.

The year began with Ventura Yacht Club making Edwards the first recipient of its "Helm of Fame" award. Then recently, the Yacht Racing Union honored Edwards (in absentia, since he was off racing in a big event, more of which later) at the yacht club's Opening Day by awarding the YRU Baccarat Trophy for first place in the YRU Ocean Racing Series.

Those are pretty impressive accomplishments for the semi-retired doctor who still practices anesthesiology on a part-time basis.

So what has Edwards done lately? The octogenarian sailed his Catalina 42, Wind Dancer, to second in class (seven boats) and third in fleet (37 boats) in the recently completed 777-mile Corona del Mar to Cabo San Lucas Race. Crewing for Edwards were his son, Vance, and Don Olson, Doug Fajardo, Stan Nackdymon and Wyant Lauterman.

They sailed the distance in 4 days, 9 hours, 15 minutes, 28 seconds, finishing second behind Sabrina, a Calkins 50 from San Diego. Sabrina was skippered by Chris Calkins with noted sailboat designer Doug Peterson aboard, along with some well known Etchells sailors.

"The wind maxed out mostly at night at 25 to 35 knots with gusts to 40," Edwards said. "Many chutes were blown out, a spinnaker pole was broken on a Santa Cruz 50 and two boats bailed out at Ensenada."

Wind Dancer corrected out over such internationally known boats as Peligroso, Medicine Man, Magnitude 80, Pendragon and Grand Illusion.

Did I mention that Edwards is 82 years old?

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Ventura County High Point Standings:

Rival, J-35, Dick Velthoen, 30; Velero, Islander 29, Brent Swanson, 30; Deception, Santa Cruz 50, Alex Blankfield, 25; Funatic, Choate 48, Rod Abbott, 23; Quiet Times, Hunter 37, Tom Warshauer, 22; The Source, Olson 30, Joe Joines, 19; Perfect Balance, Olson 30, Richard Sharpe, 18; 5150, Santa Cruz 50, Mike Warns, 17; Colt 45, Tripp 40, Dan Chepley, 17; Zuma Jay, Cal 25, Kevin Dickmann 15; West Wing 13, Maine Squeeze 12, XS 12, Fusee 11, Jaded 10, Tortoise 10, Blue Star 10, Coyote 9, Wind n Sea 9, Alcyone 8, Zoarces 8, School's Out 7, Skye 7, Indefatigable 6, Papakea 6, Glin de Mar 6.

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Upcoming sailboat races:

n Saturday, Bob Cooke Double Handed Series 2. Hosted by Channel Islands Yacht Club, this is the second in a three-race series. The final race will be on June 7. Entry fee is $35 per race ($30 for U.S. Sailing members). The skippers meeting will be at 9 a.m. with racing to start at noon at the Mandalay buoy. For more information, contact Larry Golkin at 403-9900.

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2008 Ocean sailboat racing schedule:

Saturday, CIYC, Cook Memorial Double Handed 2

May 7, AYC (Wet Wednesdays start, through Sept. 24).

May 7, VYC/PBYC (Wet Wednesdays start, through Sept. 10).

May 10, PCYC, VCORC, Pacific Cup 2 (double points).

May 17, PBYC, SBSC, Hardway Race, Land Rover 1 (double points).

May 31, AYC, Anacapa to Port (Anacapa 1).

June 1, VYC, J-24 & PHRF regatta

— Fax your race announcements, results and other information to Stan Whisenhunt at 659-3058 or call him at 659-1464. His e-mail address is Swhisenhun@aol.com.