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Archive for July 2016

Notes From Out There

July 8, 2016
Photo quiz: If you’ve cruised the South Pacific you can probably recognize the mountain profile in the background of this shot. But can you tell us: 1) what island it was shot from, and 2) what must-see attraction we were anchored near when we shot it? More »

Gabart Smashes Solo 24-Hour Record

July 6, 2016
The hits just keep on coming for François Gabart and his new maxi-trimaran Macif. After claiming victory in May’s Transat Bakerly solo race from Plymouth, UK, to New York — sailing the course in 8 days and change — the Frenchman took a shot at the solo transatlantic west-to-east record, currently held by Francis Joyon and his trimaran IDEC with an incredibly fast time of 5 days, 2 hours and 56 minutes. More »

Phaedo3 Crushes Yet Another Record

Phaedo3 competing in the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race. © onEdition Powered by winds that gusted up to 40 knots, Phaedo3, the MOD70 trimaran owned by Lloyd Thornburg and co-skippered by Brian Thompson, crushed yet another iconic sailing record on July 2. More »

Singlehanders Cast Off for Kauai

Following Saturday’s start off Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon, singlehander Tom Burden exits Belvedere Cove on his Cal 40 Shaman. latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Right on schedule, with the first warning signal at high noon on July 2, the 20th fleet of solo racers set sail for Hanalei in the Singlehanded TransPac. More »

MAD Dogs Run Away with the R2AK

July 1, 2016
A huge congratulations to Randy Miller, Colin Dunphy and Ian Andrewes, who set a high bar for the Race to Alaska course record. © Race to Alaska While much of the fleet is still on the Inside Passage between Vancouver Island and mainland Canada, Randy Miller and his small crew aboard the Bay Area-based Marstrom 32 catamaran MAD Dog Racing (aka Miller Racing) have been in Ketchikan for more than a day, having thoroughly crushed the fleet in the second Race to Alaska. More »

Heads Up to Solo TransPac’ers

Charts, radar, GPS and depthsounders are all great for navigating, but sometimes there is nothing so helpful as a shot from a drone. © 2016 Ryan De Seixas An excellent fleet of 23 singlehanded sailors will race to Hawaii starting tomorrow, Saturday, July 2, from Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon. More »