Where to Watch Yacht Race Start
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The 42nd annual Newport-to-Ensenada Yacht Race begins at noon today at the entrance of Newport Harbor. But the most impressive vantage point to watch the 600 sailboats will be on dry land.
Best views: While scores of spectators will board charter boats to watch the start of the international race, the most spectacular views can be found from the bluffs above Corona del Mar, said Lorin Weiss, general chairman of the race, which is sponsored by the Newport Ocean Sailing Assn.
Other views: Other viewing spots for the parade of sailboats--many of them multimillion-dollar beauties up to 70 feet long--stretch south from atop the Balboa Pier all the way out to the harbor entrance.
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