Top honors in the 800 mile Corona del Mar to Cabo San Lucas race are going to a 50-year-old "oldie" sailed by a bunch of "goodies." Sabrina, a 50-foot wooden "double-ender," has beaten a handful of high-tech "sleds" on corrected time in the annual San Diego to the tip of Baja race. Not that Sabrina's actual time is anything to be ashamed of -- she covered the course in three days 22 hours 40 minutes 30 seconds.

Fifty-year-old Sabrina was designed by the father of current owner, Chris Calkins. And unlike today's stripped-down speed demons, the woody has all the comforts of home. Describing the race, Calkins said:

"We had cushions out, the cocktail table out. We watched the guys on the sleds running their heads off and having to go back and forth, and we just sort of pointed in one direction and went."

Calkins' San Diego crew was 41 to 65 in age and most are well-known successful sailors in their own right. Calkins is 62. His navigator, Fred Delaney, is 65. Others were Doug Peterson, the noted designer, Norm Reynolds, who Calkins put in charge, Star sailor Mike Dorgan, Jim Sakesegawa and Bill White.

And unlike the post-race antics of many of the sleds' "rockstar" sailors, after tying up in Cabo, Sabrina's skipper and crew sat down for lunch on the boat.

"Rather than going ashore we have some mahi mahi that we caught this morning on the way in, so we're having it for lunch with beer and wasabi," Calkins said. "It was a stunning experience. There were big seas but they weren't overwhelming, and getting that ride at night was glorious. For an old wood boat, it was all right."

All right is right.

Read more about the race at the Balboa Yacht club website.