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October 2025

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12Calendar

18Letters

34Loose Lips

36Sightings

44Rolex Big Boat Series Recap

The 2025 Rolex Big Boat Series (RBBS) was sailed between September 11 and 14 at the St. Francis Yacht Club (StFYC), the 61st edition of perhaps one of the most anticipated annual events on the Bay Area's racing calendar.

52Who's Aboard for the 31st Baja Ha-Ha?

At the time of this writing, 128 boats had registered for the 31st annual Baja Ha-Ha Cruisers Rally to Mexico. While this is by no means a record (that stands at 196 in 2010), it's only three boats shy of last year's total of 131.

56Singlehanded Sailor Rescues Crew

The urgency in the distress caller's voice had me reaching to turn up the volume on my VHF as a reflex — "Mayday, mayday, mayday … we are taking on water fast!"

60Pacific Puddle Jump: Planning Versus the View From the Trip

The good news is the bolts to the Hydrovane are tight on the inside of the hull. The other side of the coin is that I am hauling along through swells in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and I am not sure how I will extract my body from the lazarette!

64Max Ebb: Lee's Time Turner

"Why doesn't she answer?" I said out loud as I looked at the clock over the desk in my home office. Lee almost always responds to text messages instantly, so this was unusual for her.

68The Racing Sheet

Late August and early September is a fast and furious time for racing along the West Coast. While StFYC's Rolex Big Boat Series (see the features section) is the main attraction, there was plenty of other exciting racing, including the Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Regatta, the YRA Drake's Bay Offshore Regatta, the 55th International Knarr Championship, the Snipe Hemisphere and Asia Championships, and much more.

76Changes in Latitudes

86Classy Classifieds