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August 2025

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12Calendar

18Letters

37Loose Lips

38Sightings

46Transpac Reconnects

Elon Musk dominates 2025 Transpac. Well, that is not exactly what it sounds like, but rumor has it that all but one vessel had the Starlink system aboard. This essentially gives you high-speed internet capability no matter where you are in the world.

54Solo Transpacific Race

On June 20, the Singlehanded Sailing Society took a show of hands at the mandatory skippers' meeting for the 2025 Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race and postponed for 25 hours.

58Where’s Express 37 #63?

Somewhere in a forgotten barn in Washington, a sailing legend waited, wrapped in dust and silence. My heart pounded as we drove east along the Columbia River Gorge to rescue the last Express 37 ever built and whose ultimate fate was to be the landfill.

62Max Ebb — Puzzled

The wind went light and backed around to the north, and we could finally tack onto port in a much smoother sea. This was after days of beating north in the trades.

66Racing Sheet

Peak season regattas and championships covered here include the Moore 24 Nationals and Long Beach Race Week; the YRA's Half Moon Bay Race, In the Bay Series, and new Women's Championship Series; the US Wingfoil Championship; the ILCA PCCs; the Mercury Hart Nunes Regatta; the El Toro Nationals; StFYC's Woodies Invitational; and the WA360.

76Changes in Latitudes

86Classy Classifieds