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Posts by Christine Weaver

Clipper Race News

November 29, 2017
It’s been less than one month since the Clipper 70 Greenings ran aground on the opening day of the Clipper’s Race 3. While the remaining 11 boat-fleet has now completed the race into Fremantle, Western Australia, the salvage operation to remove the monohull from Cape Peninsula is also now close to completion. More »

December Racing Preview

It’s all pros aboard for the final act of the Extreme Sailing Series, but with many of our readers still in Baja California Sur after finishing the Baja Ha-Ha, some may wish to get into the act as spectators. More »

East Bay Teen Wins Formula Kite Worlds

November 27, 2017
Blink and you’ll miss her. Bay Area kiteboarder phenom Daniela Moroz flies past the camera in Muscat, Oman, during the IKA Formula Kite Worlds. © 2017 Toby Bromwich For the second year in a row, Daniela Moroz of Lafayette has won the Women’s IKA Formula Kite World Championship, held in Muscat, Oman, on November 19-24. More »

Sailing Shelter Island

November 20, 2017
One of the great things about Shelter Island on San Diego Bay is the sailing vibe. Take a stroll down Shelter Island Drive and you’re totally immersed in sailing. The main drag is surrounded by marine businesses, and you can easily walk from sailmakers to riggers to boat yards. More »

Crewmember Drowns in Clipper Race

While racing from South Africa to Fremantle, Australia, the Clipper Race entry GREAT Britain lost a crewmember overboard. On Saturday, November 18, Simon Speirs, from Bristol, UK, was on the bow helping with a headsail change when he was swept overboard. More »

Sailing and Dredging in Santa Cruz

November 17, 2017
Ramp launching a Catalina 22 in Santa Cruz’s East Harbor. © Vikas Kapur Seeking a change of pace from daysailing on San Francisco Bay, reader Vikas Kapur headed to Santa Cruz last weekend for a sail on Monterey Bay in a Catalina 22. More »

Gabart’s Insane 24-Hour Record

November 15, 2017
François Gabart’s team posted this graphic on social media. The team’s Twitter feed included a handful of congratulatory posts yesterday before the number finally settled out at an astounding 851 miles sailed in 24 hours. More »

Singlehanded TransPac Seminars

November 10, 2017
The Singlehanded TransPac starts off the CYC race deck along the downtown Tiburon shoreline. This is David King’s Saraband, which won the Westsail 32 division in 2016. latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Singlehanded Sailing Society has worked with host Corinthian Yacht Club to move the start of the 2018 Singlehanded TransPac, originally scheduled for Friday, June 22, to Saturday, June 23. More »

Reader Submission: Daysail on the Bay

November 8, 2017
Jim Rumer’s cutter-rigged Herreshoff yawl Royono was lookin’ good while racing in the Leukemia Cup on October 22. © Vikas Kapur Vikas Kapur shared with us these scenes of a beautiful, sunny day in October. More »

Clagett Boat Grant Taking Applications

2.4mRs sailing in the C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Clinic on Narragansett Bay. © 2017 Rodrigo Fernandez / Clagett Clinic and Regatta The C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta invites North American community sailing programs and other sailing organizations aimed at expanding opportunities for sailors with adaptive needs to apply for the 2017 Clagett Boat Grant Program. More »