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Archive for June 2017

Cupdate: Are You Ready for a Rematch

June 12, 2017
After a slow morning of racing in Bermuda, several hundred clicks to refresh our browsers, and more than a little disgruntlement at the coverage of this year’s America’s Cup, it’s official: Team New Zealand just beat Artemis Racing 5 races to 2, and has realized a long awaited rematch with Oracle Team USA.  More »
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To the North of Bermuda

What a difference a few degrees of latitude can make. About a thousand miles to the north of Bermuda competitors in the OSTAR single- and doublehanded transatlantic race from Plymouth, UK, to Newport, RI, were clocked by heavy 60-knot winds and 45-foot seas 900 miles miles east of Newfoundland. More »

Wild and Woolly Delta Ditch Run

Wipe-out! Despite the Delta Ditch Run’s gnarly conditions — or perhaps because of them — the 28-boat Moore 24 fleet garnered 11 top-20 finish positions in PHRF Monohull. Wet Spot (not pictured here!) More »

Calif. Offshore Race Week Recap

June 9, 2017
Flying a big genoa in light morning breeze, Dave MacEwen’s SC52 Lucky Duck ducks in close to the Sausalito headlands after starting the Spinnaker Cup on May 27. latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Racers who competed in every leg of the second annual California Offshore Race Week got exactly what the brochure advertised: 600 miles of offshore racing down the California coast encountering everything from light air to champagne conditions to heavy-air downwind sailing. More »

Delta Ditch Run Forecast

Are we fired up for tomorrow’s Delta Ditch Run? Heck yeah! latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The San Francisco Bay and Delta region heads into the weekend with unsettled weather. What will this mean for the 138 crews signed up to race or cruise from Richmond to Stockton in tomorrow’s Delta Ditch Run? More »

Sailboat Hits Duxbury Reef

A boat crew from Station Golden Gate assists a 32-ft sailing vessel that was taking on water near the Golden Gate Bridge.   © 2017 USCG A sailboat hit a reef off the coast of West Marin on Wednesday and started taking on water while it was returning to San Francisco Bay. More »

Women Take the Tiller

The Half Moon Bay Yacht Club Women’s Sailing Program hosted its second Take the Tiller Workshop on June 3 to resounding acclaim. Take the Tiller’s on-the-water portion made use of HMBYC’s fleet of Cal 20s. More »

Under Your Keel: World Oceans Day

June 7, 2017
 Some of the best of the sailing life lies below the keel. © 2017 Tomorrow is World Oceans Day, which also aligns with this week’s UN Conference on the Oceans. June 8 will be a day to remember that some of the best reasons to go cruising — as our November 2014 cover reminds us — are below the keel. As More »
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BOLO for Sea Nymph

US Coast Guard station Oahu is seeking information on Sea Nymph, a Morgan 45 that had been sailing south from Oahu to the Marquesas, and is now considered long overdue. The blue-hulled vessel was last heard from on May 3, and was reported missing May 19. More »